Erica viridipurpurea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 353. 1753, nom. utique rej. prop.

"Habitat in Lusitania." RCN: 2720, 2778.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 148, Erica 5? (BM) ; [icon] in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 42. 1601.

Current name: Erica erigena R. Ross ( Ericaceae).

Note: Specific epithet spelled “viridi-purpurea” in the protologue.

Cafferty & Nelson (in Taxon 54: 206. 2005) proposed the rejection of the name as the only available type element is identifiable as E. erigena R. Ross (1969), a name in widespread current use.