Image left: Balsam Impatiens balsamina in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photography by J.M. Garg
List of Ericales Families
These families are typical of newer classifications. Those marked with an asterisk are recognized in the APG III system.
These make up a basal group of asterids. Under the Cronquist system, the Ericales included a smaller group of plants, which were placed among the Dilleniidae:
- Family Actinidiaceae* (kiwifruit family)
- Family Balsaminaceae* (balsam family)
Impatiens balsamina from FamilyBalsaminaceae - Family Clethraceae* (clethra family)
- Family Cyrillaceae* (cyrilla family)
- Family Diapensiaceae*
- Family Ebenaceae* (ebony and persimmon family)
- Family Ericaceae* (heath, rhododendron, and blueberry family)
- Family Fouquieriaceae* (ocotillo family)
- Family Lecythidaceae* (Brazil nut family)
- Family Maesaceae → Primulaceae
- Family Marcgraviaceae*
- Family Mitrastemonaceae*
- Family Myrsinaceae (cyclamen and scarlet pimpernel family) → Primulaceae
- Family Pellicieraceae → Tetrameristaceae
- Family Pentaphylacaceae*
- Family Polemoniaceae* (phlox family)
- Family Primulaceae* (primrose and snowbell family)
Primula rosea from FamilyPrimulaceae - Family Roridulaceae*
- Family Sapotaceae* (sapodilla family)
- Family Sarraceniaceae* (American pitcher plant family)
- Family Sladeniaceae*
- Family Styracaceae* (silverbell family)
- Family Symplocaceae* (sapphireberry family)
- Family Ternstroemiaceae → Pentaphylacaceae
- Family Tetrameristaceae*
- Family Theaceae* (tea and camellia family)
- Family Theophrastaceae → Primulaceae
These make up a basal group of asterids. Under the Cronquist system, the Ericales included a smaller group of plants, which were placed among the Dilleniidae:
- Family Ericaceae
- Family Cyrillaceae
- Family Clethraceae
- Family Grubbiaceae
- Family Empetraceae
- Family Epacridaceae
- Family Pyrolaceae
- Family Monotropaceae
Web Resources
Encyclopedia Brittanica - Order Ericales
iNaturalist - Order Ericales
USDA Plant Database - Order Ericales
Encyclopedia Brittanica - Order Ericales
iNaturalist - Order Ericales
USDA Plant Database - Order Ericales
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Edible & Medicinal Plants Study
Look through the above classification list. Select a family of interest. Click through families of interest. Research varying plants and their edible and medicinal uses. In your Botany journal, write down the species name, make a sketch of the species and write down the edible and medicinal uses. Color your drawing.
Edible & Medicinal Plants Study
Look through the above classification list. Select a family of interest. Click through families of interest. Research varying plants and their edible and medicinal uses. In your Botany journal, write down the species name, make a sketch of the species and write down the edible and medicinal uses. Color your drawing.
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