Andromeda Linnaeus 1753 (heather)

Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Berry 1914 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, 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, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma

Subtaxa: Andromeda affinis Andromeda angustifolia Andromeda cookii Andromeda crassa Andromeda cretacea Andromeda dakotana Andromeda delicatula Andromeda euphorbiophylloides Andromeda flexuosa Andromeda grandifolia Andromeda grayana Andromeda lanceolata Andromeda linearifolia Andromeda linifolia Andromeda novaecaesareae Andromeda parlatorii Andromeda pfaffiana Andromeda polifolia Andromeda protogaea Andromeda reticulata Andromeda scripta Andromeda snowii Andromeda tenuinervis Andromeda wardiana

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (7: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences

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