Erica

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q206998

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa[6]
Different from
Funda[13]
Has fruit type
capsule[14]
Homonymous taxon
Erica[15]
Parent taxon
Ericaceae[3]
Taxon common name
heath, Dophei, 欧石南属, resa, vřesovec[8][9][10][11][12]
Taxon name
Erica[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Taxonomic type
Erica cinerea[5]
This taxon is source of
heather wood[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en heather en Erica ar خلنج cs vřesovec cs Erica cs Jindavec cs Šedivník da Erica da lyng de Erica de Heidekräuter en-gb heather es brezo fa خلنگ fi Erica fi kellokanervat he Erica he אברש hu Erica hu erika
🔖 Identifiers · 56
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Erica herbacea0.jpg ↗
APNI ID
112678
African Plant Database ID
190588
Belgian Species List ID
51975
Catalogue of Life ID
4DYS
Czech NDOP taxon ID
36867
Dyntaxa ID
1006151
EPPO Code
1EIAG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
60771
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/heath
Flora of China ID
111987
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Flora of North America taxon ID
111987
FloraBase ID
22602
Freebase ID
/m/01w4qc
GBIF taxon ID
2882780
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
29779
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
bruc
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0086305
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Erica
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4937680
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
erika-00f733
INaturalist taxon ID
55776
IPNI plant ID
30249382-2
IRMNG ID
1280648
ITIS TSN
23647
Interlingual Index ID
i101333
Lex ID
lyng, Erica
Museum-digital tag ID
42747
NBIC scientific name ID
101786
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000458523
NCBI taxonomy ID
13509
NE.se ID
erica
NL CR AUT ID
ph534656
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
120369
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
d6bf695f-3061-44df-92e4-da1e576e7586
OregonFlora taxon ID
775
Palynodata taxa ID
36918
Pladias ID
571
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30249382-2
Queensland Biota ID
38030
Quora topic ID
Erica-121
SA Flora ID
Erica
Tela Botanica ID
86391
Topic's main category
Category:Erica (plant)
UMLS CUI
C1081303
USDA PLANTS ID
ERICA
VASCAN ID
1888
VerbaAlpina ID
C6364
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
6197
WikiKids ID
Dophei
WoRMS-ID for taxa
993798
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
12247737-n
World Flora Online ID
wfo-4000013772

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← Parent taxon 825
Named after 2
Described by source 1
Different from 1
Has fruit type 1
Instance of 1
Parent taxon 1
Taxon rank 1
Taxonomic type 1
Topic's main category 1
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← Different from 1
← FactGrid item ID 1
← Has part(s) of the class 1
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Summary

Erica is a taxon[1].

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Discovery and Description

Things named for Erica include Erika[16], a musical work/composition[17], founded in 1930[18] and Erica[19], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[20], in Netherlands[21].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Erica include Erika[16], a musical work/composition[17], founded in 1930[18] and Erica[19], a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[20], in Netherlands[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . cs.wikipedia.org. cs.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C6364
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ VerbaAlpina ID: C6364, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → capsule
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa
    Homonymous taxon → Erica
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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