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plant Family Ericaceae (Heath Family ) or ericaceous plants are mostly lime -hating or calcifuge plants that thrive in acid soils . The Family Ericaceae includes numerous plants from mostly temperate climates: cranberry , blueberry , heath, heather, huckleberry , azalea and rhododendron are well-known examples.
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Acrostemon Agapetes Agarista Andromeda Anomalanthus Anthopteropsis Anthopterus Arachnocalyx Arbutus Arctostaphylos Bejaria Bruckenthalia Bryanthus Calluna Calopteryx Cassiope Cavendishia Ceratiola Ceratostema Chamaedaphne Coccosperma Coilostigma Comarostaphylis Costera Craibiodendron Daboecia Demosthenesia Didonica Dimorphanthera Diogenesia Diplarche Diplycosia Disterigma Eremia Eremiella Erica Findlaya Gaultheria Gaylussacia Gonocalyx Grisebachia Harrimanella Kalmia Kalmiopsis Killipiella Lateropora Ledothamnus Ledum Leiophyllum Leucothoe Loiseleuria Lyonia Macleana Macnabia Malea Menziesia Mitrastylus Mycerinus Nagelocarpus Notopora Oreanthes Ornithostaphylos Orthaea Oxydendrum Pellegrinia Pernettya Pernettyopsis Phyllodoce Pieris Platycalyx Plutarchia Polyclita Psammisia Rhododendron Rhodothamnus Rusbya Salaxis Satyria Scyphogyne Semiramisia Simocheilus Siphonandra Sphyrospermum Stokoeanthus Sympieza Syndsmanthus Tepuia Thamnus Themistoclesia Therorhodion Thibaudia Thoracosperma Tsusiophyllum Utleya Vaccinium Xylococcus Zenobia .
External Reference http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/ericacea.htm as of 2002-07-07
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A new Vaccinium (Ericaceae : Vaccinieae) from Guayanan Brazil. Gaultheria steyermarkii (Ericaceae ): A new endemic to Cerro Turimiquire, Venezuela. Redefinition of the neotropical genus Anthopterus (Ericaceae : Vaccinieae).
Ericaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (93 words)
The plant Family Ericaceae (Heath Family) or ericaceous plants are mostly lime-hating or calcifuge plants that thrive in acid soils . The Family Ericaceae includes numerous plants from mostly temperate climates: cranberry , blueberry, heath , heather , huckleberry , azalea and rhododendron are well-known examples. Recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the inclusion of the formerly recognised families Empetraceae, Epacridaceae, Monotropaceae, Prionotaceae and Pyrolaceae into Ericaceae .
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