The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c. 4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants. The many well known and economically important members of the Ericaceae include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, rhododendron, and various common heaths and heathers.
Gaultheria is a genus of about 283 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The name commemorates Jean François Gaultier of Quebec, an honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748 and taken up by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum. These plants are native to Asia, Australasia and North and South America. In the past, the Southern Hemisphere species were often treated as the separate genus Pernettya, but no consistent reliable morphological or genetic differences support recognition of two genera, and they are now united in the single genus Gaultheria.
Histiopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1875.
Sphyrospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Themistoclesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Bejaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Demosthenesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Gonocalyx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Didonica is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Diogenesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Disterigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Oreanthes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Orthaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Semiramisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Plutarchia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Lateropora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Zanthoxyloideae is a subfamily of the family Rutaceae.
Epacridoideae is a subfamily of the family Ericaceae. The name StyphelioideaeSweet is also used. The subfamily contains around 35 genera and 545 species. Many species are found in Australasia, others occurring northwards through the Pacific to Southeast Asia, with a small number in South America.
