Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 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, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: Andromeda affinis Andromeda angustifolia Andromeda arborea Andromeda caerulea Andromeda calyculata Andromeda cookii Andromeda crassa Andromeda cretacea Andromeda dakotana Andromeda delicatula Andromeda euphorbiophylloides Andromeda flexuosa Andromeda grandifolia Andromeda grayana Andromeda hypnoides Andromeda lanceolata Andromeda linearifolia Andromeda linifolia Andromeda mariana Andromeda novaecaesareae Andromeda paniculata Andromeda parlatorii Andromeda pfaffiana Andromeda polifolia Andromeda protogaea Andromeda reticulata Andromeda scripta Andromeda snowii Andromeda tenuinervis Andromeda tetragona Andromeda wardiana
Type: Andromeda polifolia
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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