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Spanish: Brezo del Cabo

English translation: Cape Heath (see below)



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Spanish term or phrase:Brezo del Cabo
English translation:Cape Heath (see below)
Entered by:Taña Dalglish
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Botany / Gardening
Spanish term or phrase: Brezo del Cabo
Se trata de un arbusto enano de Sudáfrica, con flores diminutas de exquisito color cereza. Cambiélo de maceta después de la floración. En climas fríos no sobrevivirá al invierno al aire libre
Rosina Peixoto
Uruguay
Cape Heath (see below)
Explanation:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica

Erica es un género con unas 700 especies de plantas de flor de la familia Ericaceae; también son conocidas como brezos. Son plantas resistentes a las sequías y a los fuegos. La mayoría son endémicas de Sudáfrica, sin embargo, también ampliamente distribuidas en la Península Ibérica y en las Islas Canarias.
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• 2 Descripción
• 3 Usos
• 4 Especies
• 5 Enlaces externos

Distribución [editar]
La gran mayoría de las especies son endémicas de Sudáfrica, y se denominan los brezos del Cabo. Las restantes 70 especies son nativas de otras partes de África, de las Islas Canarias, de las regiones mediterráneas, y de Europa.
Descripción [editar]
La mayoría de las especies son arbustos de 0.2-1.5 m de altura, aunque alguno es más alto; Erica arborea (brezo arbóreo) y Erica scoparia (Brezo de las escobas), las dos especies pueden alcanzar más 6-7 m de altura. Todas las especies son de hoja perenne, con hojas diminutas parecidas a agujas de unos 2-15 mm de longitud.

Erica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Erica carnea in flower

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ericales

Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Erica
L.


Species
Over 700 species, including:
Erica arborea
Erica caffra
Erica carnea
Erica ciliaris
Erica cinerea
Erica erigena
Erica mackaiana
Erica plukenetii
Erica scoparia
Erica tetralix
Erica vagans

Erica is genus of over 700 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae; the English names, both shared with some other closely related plants, are heath or heather (although the latter is actually Calluna).
Most of the species are small shrubs from 0.2-1.5 m high, though some are taller; the tallest are E. arborea (Tree Heath) and E. scoparia (Besom Heath), both of which can reach up to 6-7 m tall. All are evergreen, with minute needle-like leaves 2-15 mm long. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes in terminal umbels or spikes. They are usually outward or downward facing. Flowers are borne in mass, and the plants are grown as landscape or garden plants for their floral effect.
The great majority of the species are endemic in South Africa, and are often called the Cape Heaths. The remaining 70 or so species are native to other parts of Africa, the Mediterranean region, and Europe.
The closely related genus Calluna is sometimes confused with the true Erica species; it differs in even smaller scale leaves less than 2-3 mm long, and the flower corolla being more divided into separate petals.
Plants of this genus are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, Garden tiger moth, True Lover's Knot, Wormwood Pug and the Coleophora case-bearers C. juncicolella and C. pyrrhulipennella.



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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica

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also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Erica_junonia00.jpg

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Muchas gracias Translator Uy. Feliz Año Nuevo 2008 también.
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Taña Dalglish
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Una investigación muy exhaustiva sobre el tema. Te agradezco la ayuda. Feliz Año 2008!
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3 +4Cape Heath (see below)
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Cape Heath (see below)

Explanation:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica

Erica es un género con unas 700 especies de plantas de flor de la familia Ericaceae; también son conocidas como brezos. Son plantas resistentes a las sequías y a los fuegos. La mayoría son endémicas de Sudáfrica, sin embargo, también ampliamente distribuidas en la Península Ibérica y en las Islas Canarias.
Tabla de contenidos
[ocultar]
• 1 Distribución
• 2 Descripción
• 3 Usos
• 4 Especies
• 5 Enlaces externos

Distribución [editar]
La gran mayoría de las especies son endémicas de Sudáfrica, y se denominan los brezos del Cabo. Las restantes 70 especies son nativas de otras partes de África, de las Islas Canarias, de las regiones mediterráneas, y de Europa.
Descripción [editar]
La mayoría de las especies son arbustos de 0.2-1.5 m de altura, aunque alguno es más alto; Erica arborea (brezo arbóreo) y Erica scoparia (Brezo de las escobas), las dos especies pueden alcanzar más 6-7 m de altura. Todas las especies son de hoja perenne, con hojas diminutas parecidas a agujas de unos 2-15 mm de longitud.

Erica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Erica carnea in flower

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ericales

Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Erica
L.


Species
Over 700 species, including:
Erica arborea
Erica caffra
Erica carnea
Erica ciliaris
Erica cinerea
Erica erigena
Erica mackaiana
Erica plukenetii
Erica scoparia
Erica tetralix
Erica vagans

Erica is genus of over 700 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae; the English names, both shared with some other closely related plants, are heath or heather (although the latter is actually Calluna).
Most of the species are small shrubs from 0.2-1.5 m high, though some are taller; the tallest are E. arborea (Tree Heath) and E. scoparia (Besom Heath), both of which can reach up to 6-7 m tall. All are evergreen, with minute needle-like leaves 2-15 mm long. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes in terminal umbels or spikes. They are usually outward or downward facing. Flowers are borne in mass, and the plants are grown as landscape or garden plants for their floral effect.
The great majority of the species are endemic in South Africa, and are often called the Cape Heaths. The remaining 70 or so species are native to other parts of Africa, the Mediterranean region, and Europe.
The closely related genus Calluna is sometimes confused with the true Erica species; it differs in even smaller scale leaves less than 2-3 mm long, and the flower corolla being more divided into separate petals.
Plants of this genus are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, Garden tiger moth, True Lover's Knot, Wormwood Pug and the Coleophora case-bearers C. juncicolella and C. pyrrhulipennella.



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Note added at 15 mins (2007-12-30 03:22:06 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-12-30 03:26:16 GMT)
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also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Erica_junonia00.jpg

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-12-31 05:15:39 GMT) Post-grading
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Muchas gracias Translator Uy. Feliz Año Nuevo 2008 también.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Note from asker to answerer
Una investigación muy exhaustiva sobre el tema. Te agradezco la ayuda. Feliz Año 2008!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Very interesting, indeed.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Anne Smith Campbell: Yes, also more info here http://www.heathersociety.org.uk/cape_heaths.html
2 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Anne. Feliz Año Nuevo y un abrazo.

agree Mónica Algazi: Feliz año nuevo, Taña.
8 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Mónica. Igualmente y un abrazo.

agree Deborah Lockett: Happy New Year Taña!
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Deborah and the very same to you. May all your dreams come true in 2008. Un abrazo.

agree John Speese: Si, tengo unas macetas con brezo mexicano que tambien tiene flores color cereza, la planta se llama Mexicah heath o Mexican heather en ingles.
1 day9 hrs
  -> Thank you so much John. So many varieties! Happy New Year. Un abrazo.
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