Erica bruniifoliaSalisb.

WFO wfo-0000671564 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Erica bruniifolia, photographed by linkie
fig. a linkie, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-24 / obs. 166747947
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. b Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 66970650
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 46953209
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by linkie
fig. d linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55166782
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by linkie
fig. e linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53028179
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by linkie
fig. f linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164539263
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by Charleen Brunke
fig. g Charleen Brunke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194407988
Erica bruniifolia, photographed by Charleen Brunke
fig. h Charleen Brunke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166381900

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Erica bruniifolia is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Erica bruniifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Blaeria bruniifolia (Salisb.) G.Don
  • Ectasis stellaris (Lodd.) G.Don
  • Erica barbigera Klotzsch ex Benth.
  • Erica incurva J.C.Wendl.
  • Erica incurva var. barbigera Bolus
  • Erica incurva var. incurva
  • Erica incurva var. solandroides (Andrews) Bolus
  • Erica incurva var. stellata Bolus
  • Erica incurva var. subglabra Bolus
  • Erica inflexa Pers.
  • Erica setifera Klotzsch ex Benth.
  • Erica solandroides Andrews
  • Erica stellaris Nois. ex G.Don
  • Erica stellata G.Lodd.
  • Ericoides bruniifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze
  • Ericoides incurvum (Thunb.) Kuntze
  • Ericoides setiferum (Klotzsch ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Ericoides stellatum (Lodd.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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