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 MOBOT: Ericaceae 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.

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 References 

 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.