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Ericaceae (heather)
Taxonomy
Ericaceae was named by Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1963); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); to Ericales by Vallati et al. (2020); and to Ericales by Berchtold and Presl (1820), Knowlton (1919), Hickey (1977), Mabberley (2000), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016) and Vera et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1963); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); to Ericales by Vallati et al. (2020); and to Ericales by Berchtold and Presl (1820), Knowlton (1919), Hickey (1977), Mabberley (2000), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016) and Vera et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
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, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Ericaceae Jussieu pp. 159-160 |
1820 | Ericaceae Berchtold and Presl p. 252 |
1919 | Ericaceae Knowlton |
1963 | Ericaceae Chandler p. 126 |
1977 | Ericaceae Hickey |
2000 | Ericaceae Mabberley |
2008 | Ericaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
2016 | Ericaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19 |
2020 | Ericaceae Vallati et al. p. 5 |
2022 | Ericaceae Vera et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Ericaceae Jussieu 1789 [heather]
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G. †Agaurioxylon Hofmann 1952
G. Andromeda Linnaeus 1753
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†Andromeda affinis Lesquereux 1874
†Andromeda angustifolia Berry 1914
†Andromeda crassa Lesquereux 1888
†Andromeda cretacea Lesquereux 1892
†Andromeda dakotana Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Andromeda acuminata Lesquereux 1875 [replaced]
†Andromeda delicatula Lesquereux 1883
†Andromeda euphorbiophylloides Berry 1914
Andromeda flexuosa Moon 1849
†Andromeda grayana Heer 1865
†Andromeda lanceolata Knowlton 1917
†Andromeda linearifolia Lesquereux 1887
†Andromeda linifolia Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda novaecaesareae Hollick 1896
†Andromeda parlatorii Heer 1866
†Andromeda pfaffiana Heer 1882
†Andromeda polifolia Linne 1753
†Andromeda protogaea Unger 1850
Andromeda reticulata Ettingshausen 1850
†Andromeda scripta Knowlton 1917
†Andromeda snowii Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda tenuinervis Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda wardiana Lesquereux 1892
G. Arbutus Linnaeus 1753 [madrone]
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Arbutus menziesii Pursh 1813
†Arbutus mohavensis Axelrod 1939
†Arbutus prexalapensis Axelrod 1939
G. Arctostaphylos Adanson 1763
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†Arctostaphylos elliptica Knowlton 1899
Arctostaphylos manzanita Parry 1887
†Arctostaphylos mohavensis Axelrod 1939
†Arctostaphylos verdiana Axelrod 1958
G. Brachyloma Sonder 1842
G. Calluna Salisbury 1802
G. Cyathodes Labillardière 1805
G. †Dermatophyllites Goeppert and Berendt 1845
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†Dermatophyllites acutus Heer 1882
†Dermatophyllites stilligerus Goeppert and Berendt 1845
G. †Epacridiphyllum Velenovsky and Viniklar 1931
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†Epacridiphyllum quinquenervium Velenovsky and Viniklar 1931
G. †Epacriphyllum Jordan and Hill 1995
G. Epacris Cavanilles 1797
G. †Ericipites Wodehouse 1933
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†Ericipites annulatus González-Guzmán 1967
†Ericipites crassiexinus Harris 1972
†Ericipites microtectanum Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
†Ericipites sahnii Ramanujam 1966
†Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965
†Ericipites verrucatus De Benedetti et al. 2023
G. Gaultheria Linnaeus 1753
G. Lyonia
G. Monotoca Brown 1810
G. Rhododendron Linnaeus 1753 [rhododendron]
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Rhododendron fastigiatum Franchet 1886
Rhododendron lepidotum Wallich 1834
Rhododendron nilagiricum Zenker 1836
G. Richea Brown 1810
G. Trochocarpa Brown 1810
Invalid names: Andromedeae [empty], Cosmelieae Crayn and Quinn 2002 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available