Habitats and uses of Erica in Madagascar a Erica sp. in a mosaic with grassland, Andringitra National Park, Southeast, c. 2,000 m elevation. Lorna MacKinnon, Diana Rabeharison, Nantenaina Rakotomalala, and Fenitra Randrianarimanana 2022 b Erica sp. on coastal sand, Manombo Special Reserve, Southeast. Nina Lester Finley 2023 (CC BY 4.0), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186728736 c tree heathers, probably corresponding to Philippia cauliflora subsp. gigas H.Perrier (now included in Erica goudotiana (Klotzsch) Dorr & E.G.H.Oliv), at campsite Beanjavidy (“the big heathers”), Tsaratanana Reserve, North, c. 2,300 m elevation. Andry Rakotoarisoa 2022 d Erica sp. colonising an opening dominated by the flammable grass Aristida cf. rufescens in Tsaratanana Reserve, at c. 2,000 m elevation. Jan Hackel 2022 e–f cut bundles of two unidentified Erica species near Anfanifotsy, just outside Andringitra National Park, c. 1,500 m elevation. Vincent Porcher 2020 (CC BY), https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95638300.

 
 
  Part of: Hackel J, Razafimanantsoa AHI, Porcher V, Pirie MD (2025) Heathers (Erica, Ericaceae) of Madagascar: taxonomy, evolution, ecology and uses. PhytoKeys 256: 91-118. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.256.141375