Calluna

Calluna vulgaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Unassigned Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Ericeae
Genus: Calluna
Species: C. vulgaris

Name

Calluna Salisb. (1802)

• Type species: C. vulgaris (L.) Hull

Synonyms

[junior homonym]

• • Erica Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2: 389. 1891, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).

Hybrids

× Ericalluna Krüssm.

References

• Salisbury, R.A. 1802. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 6: 317.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Besenheide
español: Brezo
polski: Wrzos
suomi: Kanervat
svenska: Ljungsläktet

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