Erica

Summary

Erica is a taxon^[1]. Erica ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,056 views/month, #1,344 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Erica's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Erica is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Erica belongs to the parent taxon Ericaceae^[5].
• Erica's scientific name is Erica^[6].
• Erica's Commons category is recorded as Erica (plant)^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Erica is Erica cinerea^[8].
• Erica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Erica (plant)^[9].
• Erica's Commons gallery is recorded as Erica^[10].
• Erica's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[11].
• Erica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4377^[12].
• Erica's this taxon is source of is recorded as heather wood^[13].
• Erica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'heath'}^[14].
• Erica is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Dophei'}^[15].
• Erica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '欧石南属'}^[16].
• Erica is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'resa'}^[17].
• Erica is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vřesovec'}^[18].
• Erica's different from is recorded as Funda^[19].
• Erica's has fruit type is recorded as capsule^[20].
• Erica's homonymous taxon is recorded as Erica^[21].

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Classification

Erica's scientific name is Erica^[6]. Erica is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Erica belongs to the parent taxon Ericaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Erica is Erica cinerea^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'heath'}^[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Dophei'}^[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '欧石南属'}^[16], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'resa'}^[17], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vřesovec'}^[18].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 55776^[22] and 420353^[23]. Erica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13509^[24]. Erica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60771^[25]. Erica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882780^[26]. Erica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23647^[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Erica include Erika^[28], a musical work/composition^[29], founded in 1930^[30] and Erica^[31], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands^[32], in Netherlands^[33].

Why It Matters

Erica ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,056 views/month, #1,344 of 195,241).^[2] Erica has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Erica is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Erica include Erika^[28], a musical work/composition^[29], founded in 1930^[30] and Erica^[31], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands^[32], in Netherlands^[33].