Erica afra(EIACF)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: EIACF
- Preferred name: Erica afra
- Authority: Linnaeus
South Africa, (Cape to eastern coast)
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Erica caffra | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| water tree heath | English |
| waterboomheide | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal asterids (
1ASTD )
Order
Ericales (
1ERIO )
Family
Ericaceae (
1ERIF )
Genus
Erica (
1EIAG )
Species
Erica afra (
EIACF )