Taxon Details: Ericaceae
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Family:

Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:

Ericaceae
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Common Names:

Heath Family
Description:

Number of genera: 125

Number of species: 3,500

Distribution (from PLANTAE): This family is widespread in temperate, cool, and subtropical regions and in tropical mountains. The ancestry of the group evidently lies in tropical latitudes, but perhaps at high elevations rather than in tropical forests.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Ericaceae: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Related Objects:

• Ericaceae
• I. M. Andrade 12307, Brazil
• T. S. M. Grandi 309, Brazil
• P. E. Gibbs 8179, Brazil
• M. M. N. Braga 15274, Brazil
• I. Andrade 14579, Brazil
• M. M. N. Braga 13724, Brazil
• M. Horta 264, Brazil
• J. L. Clark 3469, Ecuador
• H. S. Gentry 5895, Mexico
• H. G. Galeotti 1847, Mexico
• B. B. Klitgaard 756, Panama
• B. B. Klitgaard 737, Panama
• B. B. Klitgaard 759, Panama
• B. B. Klitgaard 750, Panama
• B. B. Klitgaard 758, Panama
• R. Scolnik 240, Argentina
• B. Boyle 3370, Ecuador
• B. Boyle 3367, Ecuador
• R. Duno de Stefano 1161, Venezuela
• R. Duno de Stefano 1289, Venezuela
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• W. Camp s.n., United States of America
• Ericaceae
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• F. Kingdon-Ward 17247, India
• J. E. Z. Oliveira s.n., Brazil
• Ericaceae
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• Ericaceae
• M. A. Baker 7072, Ecuador
• C. F. Cox 1142, United States of America
• F. Kingdon-Ward 421, Myanmar
• R. Runyon 1143, United States of America
• C. N. Fraga 2683, Brazil
• F. França 4879, Brazil
• P. M. Andrade 15620, Brazil
• 17277, Brazil
• J. R. Stehmann 18948, Brazil
• L. P. de Queiroz 20768, Brazil
• M. M. Saavedra 614, Brazil
• D. Cárdenas-López 45890, Colombia
• A. Sugden 1346, Venezuela
• J. L. Clark 12494, Panama
• Ericaceae
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• W. H. Camp s.n., United States of America
• W. H. Camp s.n., United States of America
• W. H. Camp 1344, United States of America
• W. H. Camp 1293, United States of America
• W. H. Camp 194, United States of America
• M. H. Nee 54738, United States of America
• R. L. Liesner 16005, Venezuela
• R. R. Wilson 1803, United States of America
• C. R. Sperling 5093, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5037, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5361, Bolivia
• C. R. Sperling 5069, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5260, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5276, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5092, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5141, Ecuador
• C. R. Sperling 5036, Ecuador
• C. Mynssen 1251, Brazil
• C. Mynssen 1259, Brazil
• Ericaceae
• N. Attala 14525, Brazil
• C. Mynssen 1294, Brazil
• M. F. González Giraldo 952, Colombia
• P. Pedraza-Peñalosa 1168, Colombia
• T. J. Motley 2405, Papua New Guinea
• M. Mercado MM 2208, Bolivia
• M. Mercado 1968, Bolivia
• S. G. Beck 28925, Bolivia
• P. Pedraza-Peñalosa 1515, Bolivia
• N. Ritter 3435, Bolivia
• R. Vásquez 29084, Peru
• R. Vásquez 28294, Peru
• A. L. Monteagudo Mendoza 15330, Peru
• A. L. Monteagudo Mendoza 12824, Peru
• A. L. Monteagudo Mendoza 12315, Peru
• G. Calatayud 4577, Peru
• J. L. Clark 11642, Peru
• J. L. Clark 11644, Peru
• J. L. Clark 11766, Peru
• J. L. Clark 11905, Peru
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• J. L. Clark 12075, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 13638, Ecuador
• B. Boyle 2717, Ecuador
• W. A. Palacios 12502, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 13693, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 13705, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 13710, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 9461, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 9461, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 12388, Ecuador
• J. L. Clark 12346, Ecuador
• A. Henry 11218, China
• Ericaceae
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• C. E. Carr 15810, Papua New Guinea
• C. E. Carr 15823, Papua New Guinea
• Ericaceae
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• K. Larsen 32338, Thailand
• A. T. Beals s.n., United States of America
• T. F. Lucy 1416, United States of America
• T. F. Lucy s.n., United States of America
• J. H. Barnhart 940, United States of America
• E. S. Burgess s.n., United States of America
• H. A. Rich s.n., United States of America
• E. S. Burgess s.n., United States of America
• Ericaceae
• C. Mynssen 1250, Brazil
• R. L. C. Rodriguez 8781, Costa Rica
• D. P. Saraiva 118, Brazil
• N. Marín 2582, Colombia
• H. D. Clark 10600, Guyana
• R. Si Boeea 11016, Indonesia
• J. P. Chapin 547, South Africa
• J. Bosco 186, Brazil
• Ericaceae
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• E. A. Robinson 6302, Zambia
• M. H. Nee 59965, Bolivia
• Ericaceae
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• R. Si Boeea 10953, Indonesia
• V. Torrez 501, Bolivia
• Ericaceae
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• M. H. Nee 56716, Bolivia
• L. Arroyo Padilla 4004, Bolivia
• L. Arroyo Padilla 3890, Bolivia
• M. H. Nee 57636, Bolivia
• A. Radosavljevic 330, Guyana
• Ericaceae
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• J. C. Betancur B. 11709, Colombia
• Ericaceae
• E. I. Newman 168, Malawi
• Ericaceae
• S. Barrier 927, Peru
• J. G. Graham 5197, Peru
• J. G. Graham 5215, Peru
• G. Castillo 352, Peru
• R. Vásquez 32044, Peru
• Ericaceae
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• W. H. Harvey 154, South Africa
• D. J. Du Puy M646, Madagascar
• O. Degener 36199, Spain
• J.-H. Humbert 15038, South Africa
• J. P. Chapin 553, South Africa
• E. E. Esterhuysen 31781, South Africa
• F. L. de L. de Castelneau 463, South Africa