Erica plukenetii

Erica plukenetii is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape region of South Africa. It belongs to the genus Erica. The species is morphologically variable, and five subspecies are recognised.[1] The larger, variably coloured, flowers of E. plukenetii ssp. plukenetii (similar to those of E. plukenetii ssp. bredensis, E. plukenetii ssp. lineata, and E. plukenetii ssp. penicellata) are pollinated by sunbirds, whilst the smaller, exclusively white, flowers of E. plukenetii ssp. breviflora are moth pollinated.[2]

Erica plukenetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Erica
Species:
E. plukenetii
Binomial name
Erica plukenetii
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. plukenetii
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. plukenetii
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. plukenetii in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. plukenetii in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. breviflora in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. lineata in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Flowering specimen of E. plukenetii ssp. penicellata in the Western Cape, South Africa

References
  1. Oliver, E. G. H.; Oliver, I. M. (2002). "The genus Erica (Ericaceae) in southern Africa: taxonomic notes 1". Bothalia. 32 (1): 37–61. doi:10.4102/abc.v32i1.461. ISSN 2311-9284.
  2. Van der Niet, T.; Pirie, M. D.; Shuttleworth, A.; Johnson, S. D.; Midgley, J. J. (2013). "Do pollinator distributions underlie the evolution of pollination ecotypes in the Cape shrub Erica plukenetii?". Annals of Botany. 113 (2): 301–316. doi:10.1093/aob/mct193. ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 3890384. PMID 24071499.


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