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A plant Family Ericaceae (Heath Family) or even ericaceous plants come mostly lime-hating or calcifuge plants that thrive in acid soils. A Personal Ericaceae includes many plants from either mostly moderate climates: cranberry, blueberry, heath, heather, huckleberry, azalea and rhododendron are well-known examples.

Recent inherited locate per Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the inclusion of the formerly recognised families Empetraceae, Epacridaceae, Monotropaceae, Prionotaceae & Pyrolaceae into Ericaceae.

Genera

External Reference
[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/ericacea.htm Ericaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson & M.J. Dallwitz (1992 ahead). A families of flowering plants.]

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The Ericaceae
mostly shrubs comprising about 125 genera and...

Satyria and Cavendishia
Images from Panama and Costa Rica.

Description of Ericaceae
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.






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