Ericaceae

**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_.

Many plants of Ericaceae are shrubs, but there are also trees and herbs.

There are about 120 genera and about 4000 species in this family.

Many plants of Ericaceae are evergreen plants with small flowers in the shape of bells or tube. The color of flowers may be white, pink, red, violet, rarely yellow. It may be interest plants for gardens.

Fruits of some species are edible.

Some plants of Ericaceae have a poison in all their parts.
The genus _Epacris_ was treated in a separate family, Epacridaceae, but _Epacris_ is now in this family.

## Genera

- _Acrostemon_
- _Acrotriche_
- _Agapetes_
- _Agarista_
- _Allotropa_
- _Andersonia_
- _Andromeda_, Bog-rosemary. 1 or 2 species of small shrubs from bogs of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- _Anomalanthus_
- _Anthopteropsis_
- _Anthopterus_
- _Arachnocalyx_
- _Arbutus_
- _Arctostaphylos_
- _Astroloma_
- _Bejaria_
- _Brachyloma_
- _Bruckenthalia_
- _Bryanthus_
- _Calluna_
- _Calopteryx_
- _Cassiope_
- _Cavendishia_
- _Ceratiola_
- _Ceratostema_
- _Chamaedaphne_
- _Chimaphila_
- _Coccosperma_
- _Coilostigma_
- _Comarostaphylis_
- _Conostephium_
- _Corema_
- _Costera_
- _Craibiodendron_
- _Cyathodes_
- _Daboecia_
- _Demosthenesia_
- _Didonica_
- _Dimorphanthera_
- _Diogenesia_
- _Diplarche_
- _Diplycosia_
- _Disterigma_
- ***Dracophyllum***.  60 species of shrubs or trees with long leaves from Australia and Oceania.
- _Empetrum_
- _Elliottia_
- _Epacris_
- _Epigaea_
- _Enkianthus_
- _Eremia_
- _Eremiella_
- _Erica_
- _Findlaya_
- _Gaultheria.135 species._
- _Gaylussacia_
- _Gonocalyx_
- _Grisebachia_
- _Harrimanella_
- _Hemitomes_
- _Kalmia_
- _Kalmiopsis_
- _Killipiella_
- _Lateropora_
- _Ledothamnus_
- _Ledum_
- _Leiophyllum_
- _Leucopogon_
- _Leucothoe_
- _Lissanthe_
- _Loiseleuria_
- _Lyonia_
- _Macleana_
- _Macnabia_
- _Malea_
- _Menziesia_
- _Mitrastylus_
- _Moneses_
- _Monotoca_
- _Monotropa_
- _Monotropsis_
- _Mycerinus_
- _Nagelocarpus_
- _Notopora_
- _Oreanthes_
- _Ornithostaphylos_
- _Orthaea_
- _Orthilia_
- _Oxydendrum_
- _Pellegrinia_
- _Pentachondra_
- _Pernettyopsis_
- _Phyllodoce_
- _Pieris_
- _Pityopus_
- _Platycalyx_
- _Pleuricospora_
- _Plutarchia_
- _Polyclita_
- _Prionotes_
- _Psammisia_
- _Pterospora_
- _Pyrola_
- ***Rhododendron***. 1,024 species of shrubs with beautiful flowers. What gardeners know as _azalea_ is in fact some species of rhododendron.
- _Rhodothamnus_
- ***Richea***.  Shrubs or trees with long leaves from Tasmania and Australia.
- _Rusbya_
- _Salaxis_
- _Sarcodes_
- _Satyria_
- _Scyphogyne_
- _Semiramisia_
- _Simocheilus_
- _Siphonandra_
- _Sphyrospermum_
- _Stokoeanthus_
- _Styphelia_
- _Sympieza_
- _Syndsmanthus_
- _Tepuia_
- _Thamnus_
- _Themistoclesia_
- _Therorhodion_
- _Thibaudia_
- _Thoracosperma_
- _Trochocarpa_
- _Tsusiophyllum_
- _Utleya_
- ***Vaccinium***. 450 species of shrubs. Well-known species are blueberries, cranberries and huckleberries.
- _Woollsia_
- _Xylococcus_
- ***Zenobia***, Honeycup. Small shrubs from bogs of south-east of USA. 1 species.

## Other websites

- Germplasm Resources Information Network: _Ericaceae_
- ITIS: _Ericaceae_
- NCBI: _Ericaceae_
- Ericaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.