Erica splendida Houtt.,

Wijnands, Dirk Onno, Heniger, Johannes, Veldkamp, Jan Frederik, Fumeaux, Nicolas & Callmander, Martin W., 2017, The botanical legacy of Martinus Houttuyn (1720 - 1798) in Geneva, Candollea 72 (1), pp. 155-198 : 174

43. Erica splendida Houtt.,

Nat. Hist. II(4): Aanwyz. Plaat. [4], 519, tab. 23, fig. 3. 1775.

Lectotypus (designated here by Callmander): SOUTH AFRICA: Cape, Auge s.n. [?] ( G-PREL [ G00818127 ]!) ( Fig. 6 ).

Notes. – Original material is in the Cape herbarium in G-PREL. The only collection there is a good match for the plate and is therefore designated here as the lectotype ( Fig. 6 ).

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Fig. 6. – Lectotype of Erica splendida Houtt. in Houttuyn’s Cape herbarium in G-PREL.