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)
ex, = from, out of;
lee, = after James Lee (1715 – 1795);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(This species of Erica was formerly Philippia leeana. When Ted Oliver sunk the genus Philippia into Erica, he renamed this species ‘exleeana’; rather neat!)
(BL, Ch, LB)
lee, = after James Lee (1715 – 1795);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(This species of Erica was formerly Philippia leeana. When Ted Oliver sunk the genus Philippia into Erica, he renamed this species ‘exleeana’; rather neat!)
(BL, Ch, LB)