Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Brown 1959, Chauhan 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Ericipites, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma
Subtaxa: Rhododendron fastigiatum Rhododendron lepidotum Rhododendron nilagiricum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (6 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (2)
• Pliocene of China (2), Germany (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Japan (2)
• Miocene of China (2), Japan (1)
• Oligocene of China (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
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