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The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons. Species in this order have considerable commercial importance including for tea, persimmon, blueberry, kiwifruit, Brazil nuts, argan, and azalea. The order includes trees, bushes, lianas, and herbaceous plants.
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 c. 4250 known species spread across 124 genera, [2] making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants. [3] .
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Ericales, rhododendron order of flowering plants, containing 22 families, 346 genera, and more than 12,000 species. The order is placed as a basal asterid in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group IV (APG IV). Learn more about the taxonomy and characteristics of the families and major species of the order.
Ericaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales. Plants of this family grow both in Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. The common English name of Ericaceae is the heath family . Flower diagram of Vaccinium, a well-known genus of Ericaceae.
Ericales genera. This category should contain only articles about the genera of Ericales, when the articles are at the scientific name, or redirects from the scientific name in the case of monotypic taxa or articles at the English name.
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