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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Daboecia''
| image = Daboecia cantabrica1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Daboecia cantabrica''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Daboecia'''''
| genus_authority = [[David Don|D.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Daboecia''''' is a small [[genus]] in the family [[Ericaceae]], containing two [[shrub]]by species, closely related to the genus ''[[Erica]]''.
''Daboecia'' differs from European ''Erica'' species in having a [[deciduous]] [[corolla]] which is substantially larger than the corolla in the same species of ''Erica''. The leaves are always alternate in ''Daboecia'', never whorled. The generic name come from the name of an [[Ireland|Irish]] saint, [[Saint Dabeoc]], but with the two middle vowels reversed.
;Species:
* ''[[Daboecia azorica]]'', from the [[Azores]].
* ''[[Daboecia cantabrica]]'', from western [[Europe]], in western [[Ireland]] (counties [[Galway]] and southern [[Mayo]]), western [[France]], northern [[Spain]], northwest [[Portugal]].
Some botanists regard the genus as monospecific, making the ''D. azorica'' a subspecies of ''D. cantabrica''.
St Dabeoc's heath is a popular [[garden]] plant and numerous [[cultivar]]s have been named. Cultivars include selections from the hybrid between the two species, which is named ''Daboecia x scotica'' (lists of cultivars are available from the [http://www.heathersociety.org/ Heather Society]).
==References==
*Oliver, E. G. H. (2000). Systematics of Ericeae. ''Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium'' 19.
*Nelson, E. C. (1984). Dabeoc — a saint and his heather. ''Yearbook of the Heather Society'' 1984: 41–46.
*Nelson, E. C. (2000). A history, mainly nomenclatural, of St Dabeoc's heath. ''Watsonia'' 23: 47–58.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:European folklore]]
{{Ericales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Daboecia''
| image = Daboecia cantabrica1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Daboecia cantabrica''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Daboecia'''''
| genus_authority = [[David Don|D.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Daboecia''''' is a small [[genus]] in the family [[Ericaceae]], containing two [[shrub]]by species, closely related to the genus ''[[Erica]]''.
''Daboecia'' differs from European ''Erica'' species in having a [[deciduous]] [[corolla]] which is substantially larger than the corolla in the same species of ''Erica''. The leaves are always alternate in ''Daboecia'', never whorled. The generic name come from the name of an [[Ireland|Irish]] saint, [[Saint Dabeoc]], but with the two middle vowels reversed.
;Species:
* ''[[Daboecia azorica]]'', from the [[Azores]].
* ''[[Daboecia cantabrica]]'', from western [[Europe]], in western [[Ireland]] (counties [[Galway]] and southern [[Mayo]]), western [[France]], northern [[Spain]], northwest [[Portugal]].
Some botanists regard the genus as monospecific, making the ''D. azorica'' a subspecies of ''D. cantabrica''.
St Dabeoc's heath is a popular [[garden]] plant and numerous [[cultivar]]s have been named. Cultivars include selections from the hybrid between the two species, which is named ''Daboecia x scotica'' (lists of cultivars are available from the [http://www.heathersociety.org/ Heather Society]).
==References==
*Oliver, E. G. H. (2000). Systematics of Ericeae. ''Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium'' 19.
*Nelson, E. C. (1984). Dabeoc — a saint and his heather. ''Yearbook of the Heather Society'' 1984: 41–46.
*Nelson, E. C. (2000). A history, mainly nomenclatural, of St Dabeoc's heath. ''Watsonia'' 23: 47–58.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:European folklore]]
{{Ericales-stub}}