Ericales

Erica plukenetii

The heather -like ( Ericales ) are an order of flowering plant ( Magnoliopsida ).

Description

There are trees and shrubs, subshrubs and shrubs, sometimes small trees, which often occur on acid sites and are sometimes built Xeromorph, but also lianas and herbaceous plants. They often live in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi ( mykotrophisch ). The flowers are mostly fünfzählig. The bloom are often fused ( Sympetalie ).

Systematics and distribution

The heather -like are pretty basal within the asteroids and are the sister group of ( I Euasteriden Euasteriden II). To her the following families are counted:

  • Rays stylus plants ( Actinidiaceae )
  • Balsaminengewächse ( Balsaminaceae )
  • Author bills plants ( Clethraceae )
  • Cyrillaceae
  • Diapensiaceae
  • Ebony family ( Ebenaceae )
  • Heather family ( Ericaceae )
  • Fouquieriaceae
  • Potted fruit tree crops ( Lecythidaceae )
  • Marcgraviaceae
  • Mitrastemonaceae
  • Pentaphylacaceae
  • Blocking herb plants ( Polemoniaceae )
  • Primrose Family ( Primulaceae ) including Maesaceae, Myrsinengewächse ( Myrsinaceae ) and Theophrastaceae
  • Bugs plants plants ( Roridulaceae )
  • Sapotagewächse ( Sapotaceae )
  • Pitcher plants ( Sarraceniaceae )
  • Sladeniaceae
  • Storaxbaumgewächse ( Styracaceae )
  • Symplocaceae
  • Tetrameristaceae
  • Teestrauchgewächse ( Theaceae )

Swell

  • The order Ericales in APWebsite (English )
Asterids Jan Svatopluk Presl Symplocos Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
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