Erica umbrosa H.A.Baker, J. S. Afr. Bot. 27: 267. 1961

Nelson, E. Charles, Oliver, E. G. H. & Pirie, Michael D., 2023, Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names, PhytoKeys 236, pp. 157-178 : 157

Erica umbrosa H.A.Baker, J. S. Afr. Bot. 27: 267. 1961

E. armata Klotzsch ex Benth., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 672. 1839 [wfo-0000671419], nom. illeg., non Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 184. 1825 [wfo-0000671418]; Guthrie and Bolus, Fl. Capensis 4,1: 113. 1905; Dulfer, Ann. Naturhist. Mus, Wein 68: 67. 1965; Oliver, Strelitzia 29: 489. 2012. Type. South Africa. "in herb. reg. Berol. … in montibus prov. Worcester et Stellenbosch", Masson, Niven, Drège (lectotypes B destroyed; isolectotype K [Niven 158] (det. E.G.H. Oliver) K000314208).

Note.

Specimens in other herbaria collected by Masson and Drège are variously labelled as syntypes or isosyntypes, but their identity has not been confirmed: GDC (Masson, F., s.n., G00494351 https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.g00494351); GDC ( Drège, J.F., s.n., G00494352 https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.g00494352); HBG ( Drège, J.F., s.n., HBG515307 https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.hbg515307); TUB ( Drège, J.F., s.n., TUB003182 left-hand specimen only https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.tub003182); S ( Drège, J.F., s.n., S08-5237 https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.s08-5237).

Type.

South Africa. " Caledon , Elandskloof, Villiersdorp, on a steep S-facing slope in shade in kloof with a large waterfall, 3 April 1961, E.G.H. Oliver 1423 (holotype: BOL; isotype: NBG-0199392-1 [https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.nbg0199392-1].