Ericaceae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ericaceae
Erica carnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae Juss.
Genera
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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.

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

Calluna vulgaris

Dracophyllum

Epacris longiflora

Erica calycina

Kalmia latifolia

Rhododendron × campylocarpum

Vaccinium corymbosum

Zenobia pulverulenta

• 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.

Bejaria imthurnii

Cassiope mertensiana

Dracophyllum secundum

See also

In Spanish: Ericáceas para niños