Common name
English: English Ivy
German: Gemeine Efeu
Portuguese: Hera Verdadeira
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Apiales (40)
Family: Araliaceae (10)(family description)
Genus: Hedera (2)
Epithet: helix L. (2)
Synonyms: Hedera aurantiaca (Hibberd) Carrière, Hedera baccifera G.Nicholson, Hedera chrysophylla (Hibberd) Carrière, Hedera combwoodiana Carrière, Hedera poetica Salisb.
aurantiaca => orange-like, orange-coloured
baccifera => berry-bearing
chrysophylla => yellow leaves
helix => spiral, to turn round spirally as ivy
poetica => of poets, especially Roman and Greek poets
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: liana
Flower colour: green
External links
Check for Hedera helix at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [272] Hedera helix - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [566] Hedera helix - Plants For A Future database
- [776] Image of Hedera helix - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
Literature
- [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.