Erica pyramidalis pyramidalis Aiton (1789:491)
Pyramid heath
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Ericoides pyramidale (Aiton) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891); Erica campanulata F.W.Schmidt in Neue Selt. Pfl.: 47 (1793); Erica obpyramidalis Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 298 (1796); Syringodea obpyramidalis (Salisb.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 3: 821 (1834)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Hall et al., 1980; Hilton-Taylor, 1996; Helme & Trinder-Smith, 2006; Raimondo et al., 2009; Humphreys et al., 2019; Oliver & Pillay, 2022; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1907 (Oliver & Pillay, 2022)
Distribution
Cape Flats (western side), Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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