Species within a genus
ereike, = ereice, = this name was used for heaths by Theophrastus** (372-287 B.C.) and Pliny the Elder (A.D. 23-79); derived from ericein (Greek), pound – (referring to the supposed property of some species to break gall stones).
‘ereike’, = to break, because an infusion of certain heath plants was supposed to break up kidney stones. Name is assigned to Carl Linnaeus, who derived the modern system of naming plants known as binomial nomenclature. In his work ‘Species Plantarum’, published in 1753 he described 23 Erica species, of which 12 were from the Cape of Good Hope.
(M, SK)
‘ereike’, = to break, because an infusion of certain heath plants was supposed to break up kidney stones. Name is assigned to Carl Linnaeus, who derived the modern system of naming plants known as binomial nomenclature. In his work ‘Species Plantarum’, published in 1753 he described 23 Erica species, of which 12 were from the Cape of Good Hope.
(M, SK)
fatigo, fastigium, = to make pointed, to sharpen to a point, to raise or bring to a point; sloping to a point; high, exalted;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fastigatus, = high, exalted.
(fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit, with branches reaching to the same height)
(referring to the arrangement of the branches)
Coventry;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
Dr. Peter MacOwan (1830-1909).**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(a natural hybrid)
(ld, BL, SK, Ch, LB)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fastigatus, = high, exalted.
(fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit, with branches reaching to the same height)
(referring to the arrangement of the branches)
Coventry;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
Dr. Peter MacOwan (1830-1909).**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(a natural hybrid)
(ld, BL, SK, Ch, LB)