Ericaceae
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| Ericaceae | |
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| Erica carnea | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae Juss. |
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Ericaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales. Plants of this family grows both in Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. The common English name of Ericaceae is heath family.
Many plants of Ericaceae are shrubs, but there are also trees and herbs.
There are about 120[1] genera and about 4000[1] species in this family.
Many plants of Ericaceae are evergreen plants with small flowers in the shape of bells or tube. The color of flowers may be white, pink, red, violet, rarely yellow. It may be interest plants for gardens.
Fruits of some species are edible.
Some plants of Ericaceae have a poison in all their parts.
Genera [change]
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- Acrostemon
- Acrotriche
- Agapetes
- Agarista
- Allotropa
- Andersonia
- Andromeda, Bog-rosemary. 1 or 2 species of small shrubs from bogs of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Anomalanthus
- Anthopteropsis
- Anthopterus
- Arachnocalyx
- Arbutus
- Arctostaphylos
- Astroloma
- Bejaria
- Brachyloma
- Bruckenthalia
- Bryanthus
- Calluna
- Calopteryx
- Cassiope
- Cavendishia
- Ceratiola
- Ceratostema
- Chamaedaphne
- Chimaphila
- Coccosperma
- Coilostigma
- Comarostaphylis
- Conostephium
- Corema
- Costera
- Craibiodendron
- Cyathodes
- Daboecia
- Demosthenesia
- Didonica
- Dimorphanthera
- Diogenesia
- Diplarche
- Diplycosia
- Disterigma
- Dracophyllum. 60 species of shrubs or trees with long leaves from Australia and Oceania.
- Empetrum
- Elliottia
- Epacris
- Epigaea
- Enkianthus
- Eremia
- Eremiella
- Erica
- Findlaya
- Gaultheria
- Gaylussacia
- Gonocalyx
- Grisebachia
- Harrimanella
- Hemitomes
- Kalmia
- Kalmiopsis
- Killipiella
- Lateropora
- Ledothamnus
- Ledum
- Leiophyllum
- Leucopogon
- Leucothoe
- Lissanthe
- Loiseleuria
- Lyonia
- Macleana
- Macnabia
- Malea
- Menziesia
- Mitrastylus
- Moneses
- Monotoca
- Monotropa
- Monotropsis
- Mycerinus
- Nagelocarpus
- Notopora
- Oreanthes
- Ornithostaphylos
- Orthaea
- Orthilia
- Oxydendrum
- Pellegrinia
- Pentachondra
- Pernettyopsis
- Phyllodoce
- Pieris
- Pityopus
- Platycalyx
- Pleuricospora
- Plutarchia
- Polyclita
- Prionotes
- Psammisia
- Pterospora
- Pyrola
- Rhododendron. 800 species of shrubs with beautiful flowers. What gardeners know as azalea is in fact some species of rhododendron.
- Rhodothamnus
- Richea. Shrubs or trees with long leaves from Tasmania and Australia.
- Rusbya
- Salaxis
- Sarcodes
- Satyria
- Scyphogyne
- Semiramisia
- Simocheilus
- Siphonandra
- Sphyrospermum
- Stokoeanthus
- Styphelia
- Sympieza
- Syndsmanthus
- Tepuia
- Thamnus
- Themistoclesia
- Therorhodion
- Thibaudia
- Thoracosperma
- Trochocarpa
- Tsusiophyllum
- Utleya
- Vaccinium. 450 species of shrubs. Well-known species are blueberries, cranberries and huckleberries.
- Woollsia
- Xylococcus
- Zenobia, Honeycup. Small shrubs from bogs of south-east of USA. 1 species.
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