Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
Ericales
The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons, including, for example, tea, persimmon, blueberry, Brazil nut, and azalea. The order includes trees, bushes, lianas, and herbaceous plants. Together with ordinary autophytic plants, the Ericales include chlorophyll-deficient mycoheterotrophic plants (e.g., Sarcodes sanguinea) and carnivorous plants (e.g., genus Sarracenia).
22 branches of this order, most-observed first
heath family
familyEricaceae
primrose family
familyPrimulaceae
phlox family
familyPolemoniaceae
balsam family
familyBalsaminaceae
persimmon family
familyEbenaceae
sapodilla family
familySapotaceae
camellia family
familyTheaceae
New World pitcher plants
familySarraceniaceae
ocotillo family
familyFouquieriaceae
clethra family
familyClethraceae
Lecythis Family
familyLecythidaceae
snowbell family
familyStyracaceae
symplocos family
familySymplocaceae
Pentaphylacaceae
familyPentaphylacaceae
diapensia family
familyDiapensiaceae
Chinese gooseberries and kiwifruits
familyActinidiaceae
cyrilla family
familyCyrillaceae
marcgravia family
familyMarcgraviaceae
tetramerista family
familyTetrameristaceae
mitrastemon family
familyMitrastemonaceae
dewstick family
familyRoridulaceae
sladenia family
familySladeniaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Ericales in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47181.