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Ericaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 159, Nom. Cons.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Ericales
family
Ericaceae

Name

Synonyms
Andromedaceae
Arbutaceae
Arctostaphylaceae
Azaleaceae
Diplarchaceae
Epacridaceae
Hypopityaceae
Kalmiaceae
Ledaceae
Menziesiaceae
Menzieziaceae
Monotropaceae
Oxycoccaceae
Prionotaceae
Pyrolaceae
Rhododendraceae
Rhodoraceae
Salaxidaceae
Siphonandraceae
Stypheliaceae
Homonyms
Ericaceae
Common names
Ericacee in Italian
Ericaceous in English
Ericad in English
Ericads in English
Ericàcies in Catalan–Valencian
Ericáceas in Galician
Ericácees in language.
Erikacoj in Esperanto
Erikakimilər in Azerbaijani
Erikazeo in Basque
Erikiniai in Lithuanian
Famîleya gezikan in Kurdish
Hangafélék in Hungarian
Heather Family in English
Heather Family in English
Heaths in English
Heaths in English
Heide in Afrikaans
Heidekrautgewächse in language.
Heidekrautgewächse in German
Heidekrautgewächse in language.
Hiasplaanten in language.
Họ Thạch nam in Vietnamese
Lyng-familien in Danish
Lyngfamilien in Danish
Lyngfamilien in Danish
Lyngætt in Icelandic
Thumana yura rikch'aq ayllu in Quechua
Vrjesovke in Croatian
Vřesovcovité in Czech
Wrjosowe rostliny in language.
Wrzosowate in Polish
daŋasšattut in Northern Sami
ericoid in English
fundagiller in Turkish
heath family in language.
heath family in English
heather family in English
heathers in English
heaths in English
heaths in English
heidefamilie in Dutch
heifamilie in Dutch
kanarbikulised in Estonian
kanervakasvit in Finnish
kanervakasvit in Finnish
ljungväxter in Swedish
vresovcovité in Slovak
Éricacées in French
Éricacées in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789.
  5. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  8. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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