Erica mauritanica L.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Western Cape

• Locality

  Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town

• Elevation

  Alt. 140 m. (459 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -33.98, 18.44

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI),2003-
Joint project of: American Museum of Natural History,
Australian Museum,Canadian National Collection,
Smithsonian/USDA, Zoological Institute of St. Petersburg
(Russia)
Collectors:
Adam Asquith
Ernesto Barrera
Harry Brailovsky
Gerasirpos Cassis
Luis Cervantes
Dimitri Forero
Thomas Henry
Brenda Massie
Randall T. Schuh
Michael Schwartz
Celia Symonds
Nikolai Tatamic
Michael Wall
Christiane Weirauch
Denise Wyniger
T	1 	No:	Date:Ì.L.^j:.>01)?ìt	
		
Rnnion: 1 Grid: 1 Alt: ft/m		
GPS	° , ' s,-f n- E	
Locality		
Biome	Forest = Fynbos ! Grassland | Nama.Karoo I Savanna | Succulent Karoo | Thicket;	
Vegetation type		
Habitat	mountain peak j mountain slope] hilltop j hill slope [ ridge talus/scree i plateau | valley j floodplai'n 1 waterfall j river/stream bank ; river/stream j d^STeamSTf <£5*!*^	
Substrate	lake i dam 1 pond : plain = other. 	 bark 1 leaf ; leaf litter j roots * other:	
Moisture reoime		
	moist/damp t permanently wateriogged j running water j other.	
Soil type	gravel i sand! loam! black turf! humus f clay j salt/brack j baserock j	
Litholoav	sandstone I 'shale i granite j quartzite j calcrete | dolomite { dolente :	
Fvnncnrp	shade | partial shade ? full sun	Slope none gentle
CApUSUI C Aspect	N 1 S j W 1 E ! NE j NW ; SE ; SW	i moderate ; steep
Biotic		
effect Life form	plantation : yid^.eu uwiuiuom . ..w . tree | shrub 1 dwarf shrub _ j^herb |>>t>gramindd	j^geophyte	Lep|Ph)^j	
	climber 1	parasite]	succuient^ j 		
	saprophyte ! lithophyte \ c ier.	
Plant features (underground parts, bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds, aroma)		
Pinwprs- present absent Fruit: present absent Plant height:	-	m
 Notes (local abundance, phenology, pollinators, herbivory. economic & ethnobotanical factors, voucher specimen)
Voucher: photo ecology cytology anatomy seed
Plant name:
		
See specimen
label for actual collectors.
Genspec:.
„ Det	Dateci	M
No. of labels:..
AFA
7S
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04980951
ERICACEAE Erica mauritanica L.,
Det.: R Turner,
voucher-NYBG
[PBI_SA04_H166B]
SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: Kirstenbosch Gardens*
Cape Town, 140m, 33.98°S 18.44°E,
15 Sep 2004,
Schuh, Schwartz, Henry, Wyniger, Forero
[PBISA04L58]
04980951