Erica
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Summary
Erica is a taxon[1]. Erica ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,632 views/month, #1,344 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Ericaceae[4]
- Taxon name: Erica[5]
- Commons category: Erica (plant)[6]
- Taxonomic type: Erica cinerea[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Erica (plant)[8]
- Commons gallery: Erica[9]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[10]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4377[11]
- This taxon is source of: heather wood[12]
- Taxon common name: heath[13], Dophei[14], 欧石南属[15], resa[16], vřesovec[17]
- Different from: Funda[18]
- Has fruit type: capsule[19]
- Homonymous taxon: Erica[20]
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Identifiers
Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 55776[21] and 420353[22]. Erica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13509[23]. Erica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60771[24]. Erica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882780[25]. Erica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23647[26].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Erica include Erika[27], a musical work/composition[28], founded in 1930[29] and Erica[30], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[31], in Netherlands[32].
Why It Matters
Erica has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Erica is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Erica include Erika[27], a musical work/composition[28], founded in 1930[29] and Erica[30], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[31], in Netherlands[32].