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Vernacular names of plants within the Superorder Ericanae
Florida hobblebush
Oconee bells
actinidia
brittleleaf
buckwheat tree
clethras
cliftonia
coneplant
doghobble
elliottia
fetterbush
galaxy
harrimanella
heathers
heaths
honeycup
huckleberry
kalmiopsis
kiwi
laurel
leatherleaf
littleleaf pixiemoss
loiseleuria
manzanita
mountain heather
ocotillos
ornithostaphylos
orthilia
pinefoot
prince's pine
pygmypipes
pyxidanthera
shortia
single delight
snowplant
staggerbush
sugarstick
summer holly
swamp cranberry
sweet pepperbush
symphysia
trailing arbutus
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Hierarchical position of the Superorder Ericanae
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Regnum
Plantae
common name:
The plant kingdom
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Divisio
Magnoliophyta
Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name:
angiosperms, flowering plants
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Subdivisio
Magnoliophytina
Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name:
Angiosperms
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Classis
Rosopsida
Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
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Subclassis
Dilleniidae
Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
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SuperOrdo
Ericanae
Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 221. Jan-Mar 1967.
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Named members of the Superorder Ericanae
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Ordo
Actinidiales
Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 174. 25 Mar 1993.
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2
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Familia
Actinidiaceae
Hutch.
pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 1: 177. Feb-Mar 1926, nom. cons.
common name:
kiwi
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3
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Ordo
Bruniales
Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 33. 1829.
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4
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Familia
Bruniaceae
R. Br. ex DC.
pub. Prodr. 2: 43. Nov 1825, nom. cons.
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5
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Familia
Grubbiaceae
Endl.
pub. Gen. Pl.: xiv. Jan 1839, nom. cons.
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6
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Ordo
Diapensiales
Engl. & Gilg
pub. Engler's Syllabus, ed. 9-10: 314. Nov-Dec 1924.
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7
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Familia
Diapensiaceae
(Link) Lindl.
pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 233. Jul 1836, nom. cons.
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8
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Ordo
Ericales
Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28. 1829.
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9
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Subordo
Ericineae
Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 901, 937, 938, 1108. Jun 1835.
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10
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Familia
Clethraceae
Klotzsch
pub. Linnaea 24: 12. Mai 1851, nom. cons.
common name:
Clethras
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11
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Familia
Cyrillaceae
Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 578. 15-21 Aug 1841.
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12
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Familia
Ericaceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 159. 4 Aug 1789.
common name:
Heaths, Heathers
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13
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Familia
Oxycoccaceae
A. Kern.
pub. Pflanzenleben 2: 713, 714. 1891.
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14
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Ordo
Fouquieriales
Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 238. 13 Oct 1992.
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15
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Familia
Fouquieriaceae
DC.
pub. Prodr. 3: 349. Mar 1828.
common name:
Ocotillos
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Ordo
Geissolomatales
Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 238. 13 Oct 1992.
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18
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Familia
Geissolomataceae
Endl.
pub. Ench. Bot.: 214. 15-21 Aug 1841.
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Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note
Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
For an index to other topics see
Wild & cultivated plants of the world
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