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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae (/ˌɛrɪˈkeɪsi.aɪ, -iː/) are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants. The many well known and…

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related to Bibliography · 39
Ericaceae → Bell, Bibcode, Botanical Journal, Brown, Cafferty, Celastrales, Charles, Cornales, Crowden, Dicotyledons, Ericales, Flowering Plants, George, In Kubitzki, ISBN, Jarvis, Jordan, JSTOR, Ladd, Lemson
related to Taxonomy · 33
Ericaceae → Antoine Laurent, Azalea, Bejarieae, Cladothamneae, Diplarche, Diplarcheae, Epigaeae, Erica, Ericoideae, Greek, Historically, In, Jussieu, Ledum, Linnaean, Linnaeus, Menziesia, Michel Adanson, Monotropoideae, Phyllodoceae
related to External links · 29
Ericaceae → Angiosperm Phylogeny WebsiteEricaceae, April, Archive-ItEpacridaceae Archived, Australian Tropical Rainforest PlantsNeotropical, Blueberries, ChileEpacridaceae, ChinaEricaceae, DELTA, Empetraceae, Encyclopedia, Epacridaceae Archived, Flora, Flowering Plants, July, LifeEricaceae, May, Monotropaceae, New York Botanical Garden, New Zealand Archived, North AmericaEricaceae
related to Heathlands · 22
Ericaceae → Calluna, Central, Erica, Germany, Heathlands, Heaths, In, Metrioptera, Myrmeleotettix, Netherlands, Norway, Other, Picromerus, Plebejus, Portugal, Reptiles, Saturnia, Spain, The, United Kingdom
related to Distribution and ecology · 14
Ericaceae → Antarctica, Arctic, Australia, Due, Greenland, In, Kalmia, North America, Plants, Rhododendron, The, The Ericaceae, They, Vaccinium
related to Mycorrhizal relationships · 11
Ericaceae → Clethraceae, Cyrillaceae, Epacridoideae, Ericoid, Like, Monotropoideae, Most Ericaceae, The, The Pyroloideae, These, This
related to Description · 5
Ericaceae → Anthers, Rhododendron, The, The Ericaceae, Their

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plants erica family genera species rhododendron known flowering pyroloideae monotropoideae mycorrhizal found acidic many heaths distribution ericoideae epacridoideae vaccinioideae blueberry

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Erica tetralix to grasslandsinstance ofand birds hunt the insects and reptiles which are present.Some evidence suggests eutrophic rainwater can convert ericoid heaths with species0.80text
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyStevens0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyBotanical Journal0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyLinnean Society0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyCafferty0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographySteve0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyJarvis0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyCharles0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyNovember0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyTypification0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyLinnaean Plant Names0.60section
Ericaceaerelated to BibliographyTaxon0.60section

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