Erica flaccida Hort. ex Link, Enum. hort. berol. alt.: 367. 1821

Nelson, E. Charles, Oliver, E. G. H. & Pirie, Michael D., 2023, Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names, PhytoKeys 236, pp. 157-178 : 157

Erica flaccida Hort. ex Link, Enum. hort. berol. alt.: 367. 1821

Erica lanata Andrews, Heathery, 3: t. 121 (1806); Col. engr. heaths, 3, t. 179. 1809b [wfo-0000672411], nom. illeg., non E. lanata J.C. Wendl., Bot. Beobach.: 45. 1798 [wfo-0000672410]; Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. 6: 360 (1802); Guthrie and Bolus, Fl. Capensis 4,1: 73. 1905; Dulfer, Ann. Naturhist. Mus, Wein 68: 112 (1965); Oliver, Strelitzia 29: 499. 2012. Type. Icontype (illustration in Andrews, Heathery, 3: t. 121. 1806 [cit. Dulfer (1965): 112]).

Type.

South Africa. " Hab. in Pr. b. sp. [Promontorium Bonae Spei = Cape of Good Hope] … Hort. angl." (B destroyed). Neotype (here designated) . South Africa. Western Cape, George Dist. , Outeniqua Pass. June 1960. E.G.H. Oliver 1596 NBG [NBG0112414-0] .