Erica cinerea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q1543735
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Summary

Erica cinerea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (312 views/month, #1,604 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Erica[5]
  • Taxon name: Erica cinerea[6]
  • Commons category: Erica cinerea[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Erica cinerea[8]
  • Commons gallery: Erica cinerea[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15452[10]
  • Short name: E. cinerea[11]
  • Taxon common name: Grau-Heide[12], Scotch heath[13], Grå-Lyng[14], Graue Glockenheide[15], Graue Heide[16], Bell Heather[17], Heather-bell[18], Argoña[19], Brezo Ceniciento[20], Hall eerika[21], Harmaakellokanerva[22], Bruyère Cendrée[23], Rode Dophei[24], 紫花欧石南[25]
  • Has fruit type: capsule[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]

Body

Identifiers

Erica cinerea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55775[28]. Erica cinerea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 270432[29]. Erica cinerea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583617[30]. Erica cinerea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5333411[31]. Erica cinerea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23648[32].

Why It Matters

Erica cinerea has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vascan id → 33374
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → erica-cinerea
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → capsule
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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