Ericaceae
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color = lightgreen | name = Ericaceae | image = Erica arborea.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Erica arborea | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Ericales | familia = Ericaceae | familia_authority = Juss. | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text.
The plant family Ericaceae (also called the 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.
* Ericaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
* Neotropical blueberries reference at New York Botanical Garden (very detailed, keys to genera and species, etc.)
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