Ericaceae

Ericaceae
	Leptecophylla juniperina
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Faimily:	Ericaceae; Juss.
Teep genus
	Erica; L.
Subfaimilies
	Enkianthoideae; Pyroloideae; Monotropoideae; Arbutoideae; Cassiopoideae; Ericoideae; Harrimanelloideae; Styphelioideae; Vaccinioideae;

Ericaceae, commonly kent as the heath or heather faimily, is a group o flouerin plants foond maist commonly in acid an infertile growin conditions. The faimily is lairge, wi roughly 4000 species spread ower 126 genera, makin it the 14t maist speciose faimily o flouerin plants.^[1]

Systematics

The faimily includes 9 subfaimilies, 126 genera, an c. 4000 species:

Enkianthoideae Kron, Judd & Anderberg (1 genus, 16 species)
Pyroloideae Kosteltsky (4 genera, 40 species)
Monotropoideae Arnott (10 genera, 15 species)
Arbutoideae Niedenzu (5 genera, 80 species)
Cassiopoideae Kron & Judd (1 genus, 12 species)
Ericoideae Link (19 genera, 1790 species)
Harrimanelloideae Kron & Judd (1 genus, 2 species)
Styphelioideae Sweet (35 genera, 545 species)
Vaccinioideae Arnott (50 genera, 1580 species)

References

↑ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/

[Stevens-1] Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/

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