Université de Fribourg

Biogeography and evolution of seeder and resprouter forms of Erica coccinea (Ericaceae) in the fire-prone Cape fynbos

Ojeda, Fernando ; Budde, Katharina B. ; Heuertz, Myriam ; Segarra-Moragues, José G. ; González-Martínez, Santiago C.

In: Plant Ecology, 2015, vol. 217, no. 6, p. 751–761

The genus Erica represents the epitome of plant biodiversity in the South African Cape fynbos with over 700 species. This genus is composed of seeder and resprouter species, but both species diversity and endemism are strongly linked to the seeder habit and concentrated in the southwestern Cape Floristic Region (CFR). Erica coccinea is a relatively abundant and widespread fynbos species whose...