| Genus Authority | Year | Subfamily / Tribe | Type species | # of species | Distribution |
|---|
| Enkianthus Lour. [14] | 1791 | Enkianthoideae | Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour. | 16 | Southeast Asia |
| Chimaphila Pursh [15] | 1813 ("1814") | Pyroloideae | Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh | 5 | North and Central America, Eurasia |
| Moneses Salisb. ex S.F.Gray [16] | 1821 | Pyroloideae | Moneses grandiflora [N 1] Salisb. ex S.F.Gray | 1 | Circumboreal |
| Orthilia Raf. [17] | 1840 | Pyroloideae | Orthilia parvifolia [N 1] Raf. | 1 | Canada to Guatemala, Eurasia |
| Pyrola L. [18] | 1753 | Pyroloideae | Pyrola rotundifolia L. | ca. 30 | North and Central America, Eurasia |
| Allotropa Torr. & A.Gray [19] | 1858 ("1857") | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Allotropa virgataTorr. & A.Gray | 1 | Pacific Northwest |
| Cheilotheca Hook.f. [20] | 1876 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Cheilotheca khasiana Hook.f. | 4 | eastern India, southeastern China, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra |
| Eremotropa Andres | 1953 | Monotropoideae | Eremotropa sciaphila Andres | 1 | south-central China |
| Hemitomes A.Gray [19] | 1858 ("1857") | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Hemitomes congestumA.Gray | 1 | West Coast |
| Monotropa L. [18] | 1753 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Monotropa uniflora L. | 2 | America, Europe, Asia |
| Monotropastrum H.Andres [21] | 1936 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Monotropastrum macrocarpum H.Andres | 2 or 3 | Himalaya to Sumatra and Japan |
| Monotropsis Schwein. [22] | 1817 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Monotropsis odorataSchwein. | 1 | Southeastern United States |
| Pityopus Small [23] | 1914 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Pityopus oregonus [N 2] Small | 1 | West Coast of the United States |
| Pleuricospora A.Gray [24] | 1868 | Monotropoideae / Monotropeae | Pleuricospora fimbriolataA.Gray | 1 | California to British Columbia |
| Pterospora Nutt. [25] | 1919 | Monotropoideae / Pterosporeae | Pterospora andromedeaNutt. | 1 | United States and Mexico |
| Sarcodes Torr. [26] | 1851 | Monotropoideae / Pterosporeae | Sarcodes sanguineaTorr. | 1 | West Coast of United States and Mexico |
| Arbutus L. [18] | 1753 | Arbutoideae | Arbutus unedo L. | 10 | West Coast of Canada to Central America, Mediterranean area |
| Arctostaphylos Adans. [27] | 1763 | Arbutoideae | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. | 66 | North and Central America, Eurasia |
| Arctous Nied. | 1889 | Arbutoideae | Arctous alpina (L.) Nied. | 3 | subarctic and subalpine Eurasia and North America |
| Comarostaphylis Zucc. [28] | 1837 | Arbutoideae | Comarostaphylis arguta [N 3] Zucc. | 10 | California to Central America |
| Ornithostaphylos Small [23] | 1914 | Arbutoideae | Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia(Parry) Small | 1 | California, Mexico |
| Xylococcus Nutt. [29] | 1842 ("1843") | Arbutoideae | Xylococcus bicolorNutt. | 1 | California |
| Cassiope D.Don [30] | 1834 | Cassiopeoideae | Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don | 18 | Circumboreal |
| Bryanthus S.G.Gmel. [31] [N 4] | 1769 | Ericoideae / Bryantheae | Bryanthus musciformis (Poir.) Nakai | 1 | Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, and Japan |
| Ledothamnus Meisn. [32] | 1863 | Ericoideae / Bryantheae | Ledothamnus guyanensis Meisn. | 7 | Guyana, Venezuela, and northern Brazil |
| Ceratiola Michx. [33] | 1803 | Ericoideae / Empetreae | Ceratiola ericoidesMichx. | 1 | United States |
| Corema D.Don [34] | 1826 | Ericoideae / Empetreae | Corema album (L.) D.Don ex Steud. | 2 | North America, Iberian Peninsula |
| Empetrum L. [18] | 1753 | Ericoideae / Empetreae | Empetrum nigrum L. | 3–18 [N 5] | Circumboreal and southern South America |
| Calluna Salisb. [37] | 1802 | Ericoideae / Ericeae | Calluna vulgaris(L.) Hull | 1 | European |
| Daboecia D.Don [30] | 1834 | Ericoideae / Ericeae | Daboecia polifolia [N 6] D.Don | 2 | Europe |
| Erica L. [18] | 1753 | Ericoideae / Ericeae | Erica cinerea L. | 850+ | Afro-Eurasia |
| Bejaria [N 7] Mutis [38] | 1771 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Bejaria aestuans Mutis ex L. | 15 | South America to United States |
| Elliottia Muhl. ex Elliott [22] | 1817 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Elliottia racemosa Muhl. ex Elliott | 4 | North America, Japan |
| Epigaea L. [18] | 1753 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Epigaea repens L. | 3 | North America, Asia |
| Kalmia L. [18] | 1753 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Kalmia latifolia L. | 10 | Northern hemisphere |
| Kalmiopsis Rehder [39] | 1932 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Kalmiopsis leachiana (L.F.Hend.) Rehder | 2 | Oregon |
| Phyllodoce Salisb. [40] | 1806 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Phyllodoce taxifolia [N 1] (Pall.) Salisb. | 8 | North America, Eurasia |
| Rhodothamnus Rchb. [41] | 1827 | Ericoideae / Phyllodoceae | Rhodothamnus chamaecistus (L.) Rchb. | 2 | Central Europe and Turkey |
| Rhododendron L. [18] | 1753 | Ericoideae / Rhodoreae | Rhododendron ferrugineum L. | 1000+ | North America, Eurasia, Australia |
| Harrimanella Coville [42] | 1901 | Harrimanelloideae | Harrimanella stelleriana (Pall.) Coville | 2 | Circumboreal |
| Archeria Hook.f. [43] | 1857 | Epacridoideae / Archerieae | None designated | 6 | Tasmania, New Zealand |
| Andersonia R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Cosmelieae | None designated | ca. 50 | Western Australia |
| Cosmelia R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Cosmelieae | Cosmelia rubra R.Br. | 2 | Western Australia |
| Sprengelia Sm. [45] | 1794 | Epacridoideae / Cosmelieae | Sprengelia incarnata | 4 | Australia |
| Epacris Cav. [46] | 1797 | Epacridoideae / Epacrideae | Epacris longiflora Cav. | 30+ | Oceania |
| Lysinema R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Epacrideae | None designated | 6 | Australia |
| Woollsia F.Muell. [47] | 1873 | Epacridoideae / Epacrideae | Woollsia pungens(Cav.) F.Muell. | 1 | Australia |
| Dielsiodoxa Albr. [5] | 2010 | Epacridoideae / Oligarrheneae | Dielsiodoxa tamariscina (F.Muell.) Albr. | 5 | Australia |
| Needhamiella [N 8] L.Watson [49] | 1965 | Epacridoideae / Oligarrheneae | Needhamiella pumilio (R.Br.) L.Watson | 1 | Western Australia |
| Oligarrhena R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Oligarrheneae | Oligarrhena micranthaR.Br. | 1 | Australia |
| Lebetanthus [N 9] Endl. [50] | 1841 | Epacridoideae / Prionoteae | Lebetanthus americana [N 10] (Hook.f.) Hook.f. | 1 | South America |
| Prionotes R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Prionoteae | Prionotes cerinthoides(Labill. R.Br.) | 1 | Tasmania |
| Dracophyllum Labill. [52] | 1800 | Epacridoideae / Richeeae | Dracophyllum verticillatum Labill. | ca. 100 | Oceania |
| Richea [N 11] R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Richeeae | Richea dracophylla R.Br. | 11 | Australia, Tasmania |
| Sphenotoma (R.Br.) Sweet [N 12] [53] | 1828 | Epacridoideae / Richeeae | Sphenotoma gracilis (R.Br.) Sweet | 6 | |
| Acrothamnus Quinn [4] | 2005 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Acrothamnus maccraei (F.Muell.) Quinn | 5+ | Oceania |
| Acrotriche R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Acrotriche divaricata [N 13] R.Br. | 16 | Australia |
| Agiortia Quinn [4] | 2005 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Agiortia cicatricata (J.M.Powell) Quinn | 3 | Australia |
| Androstoma Hook.f. [43] | 1844 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Androstoma empetrifolia Hook.f. | 2 | Australia, New Zealand |
| Astroloma R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | none designated | ca. 10 | Australia |
| Brachyloma Sond. [55] | 1845 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Brachyloma preissii Sond. | 7 | Australia |
| Coleanthera Stschegl. [56] | 1859 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Coleanthera myrtoides | 3 | Australia |
| Conostephium Benth. [57] | 1837 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Conostephium pendulum Benth. | ca. 10 | Australia |
| Cyathodes Labill. [58] | 1805 (1804) | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Cyathodes glauca [N 14] Labill. | 5(?) | Australia |
| Cyathopsis Brongn. & Gris [60] [61] [N 15] | 1864 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Cyathopsis floribunda Brongn. & Gris | 3 | New Caledonia |
| Decatoca F.Muell. [63] | 1889 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Decatoca spencerii | 1 | New Guinea |
| Leptecophylla C.M.Weiller [64] | 1999 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller | 12 | Oceania |
| Leucopogon R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Leucopogon lanceolatus [N 16] | 150+ | Oceania |
| Lissanthe R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Lissanthe strigosa [N 17] (Sm.) R.Br. | 7 | Australia |
| Melichrus R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce | ca. 10 | Australia |
| Monotoca R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Monotoca scoparia (Sm.) R.Br. | 17 | Australia |
| Montitega C.M.Weiller [5] | 1993 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Montitega dealbata (R.Br.) C.M.Weiller | 1 | Australia |
| Pentachondra R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | None designated [N 18] | 4–5 | Australia, New Zealand |
| Planocarpa C.M.Weiller [66] | 1996 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Planocarpa petiolaris (DC.) C.M.Weiller | 3 | Tasmania |
| Stenanthera R.Br. | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Stenanthera pinifolia R.Br. | 4 | southeastern and southwestern Australia |
| Styphelia Sm. [67] | 1795 ("1793") | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Styphelia tubuliflora Sm. | 189 | Oceania |
| Trochocarpa R.Br. [44] | 1810 | Epacridoideae / Styphelieae | Trochocarpa laurina (Rudge R.Br.) | 15 | Australia, New Guinea, and Malesia |
| Andromeda L. [18] | 1753 | Vaccinioideae / Andromedeae | Andromeda polifoliaL. | 1 or 2 | Circumboreal |
| Zenobia D.Don [30] | 1834 | Vaccinioideae / Andromedeae | Zenobia speciosa [N 19] (Michx.) D.Don | 1 | Southeastern United States |
| Chamaedaphne Moench [68] | 1794 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench | 1 | Circumboreal |
| Diplycosia Blume [69] | 1826 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | None designated [N 20] | ca. 110 | Southeast Asia |
| Eubotryoides (Nakai) H.Hara | 1935 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Eubotryoides grayana (Maxim.) H.Hara | 1 | Japan and Kuril Islands |
| Eubotrys Nutt. [29] | 1842 ("1843") | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. | 2 | Eastern United States |
| Gaultheria L. [18] | 1753 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Gaultheria procumbens L. | ca. 115 | Circumpacific, Americas |
| Leucothoe D.Don [30] | 1834 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Leucothoe axillaria (Lam.) D.Don | 5 | United States, East Asia |
| Pernettya [N 21] Gaudich. [70] | 1825 | Vaccinioideae / Gaultherieae | Pernettya empetrifolia [N 22] (Lam.) Gaudich. | | Southern America, Oceania |
| Agarista D.Don ex G.Don [71] | 1834 | Vaccinioideae / Lyonieae | Agarista nummularia (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don | ca. 30 | Americas, Africa, Madagascar |
| Craibiodendron W.W.Sm. [72] | 1911 | Vaccinioideae / Lyonieae | Craibiodendron shanicum [N 23] W.W.Sm. | 5 | India, China, Indochina |
| Lyonia Nutt. [25] | 1919 | Vaccinioideae / Lyonieae | Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt. | 35 | United States to Mexico and Caribbeans, East Asia |
| Pieris D.Don [30] | 1834 | Vaccinioideae / Lyonieae | Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don | 7 | United States, Cuba, East Asia |
| Oxydendrum DC. [73] | 1839 | Vaccinioideae / Oxydendreae | Oxydendrum arboreum(L.) DC. | 1 | United States |
| Agapetes D.Don ex G.Don [71] | 1834 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Agapetes setigera (Wall.) D.Don ex G.Don | 80+ | Himalaya |
| Anthopteropsis A.C.Sm. [74] | 1941 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Anthopteropsis insignisA.C.Sm. | 1 | Panama |
| Anthopterus Hook. [75] | 1839 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Anthopterus racemosus Hook. | ca. 20 | Neotropical |
| Cavendishia Lindl. [76] | 1835 ("1836") | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Cavendishia nobilis Lindl. | ca. 100 | Neotropical |
| Ceratostema Juss. [77] | 1789 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Ceratostema peruvianum J.F.Gmel. | 35 | Andes |
| Costera J.J.Sm. [78] | 1910 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Costera ovalifolia J.J.Sm. | 10 | Malesia |
| Demosthenesia A.C.Sm. [79] | 1936 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Demosthenesia mandonii (Britton) A.C.Sm. | 12 | Neotropical |
| Didonica Luteyn & Wilbur [80] | 1977 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Didonica pendula Luteyn & Wilbur | 4 | Neotropical |
| Dimorphanthera (Drude) F.Muell. | 1890 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | None designated | 79 | Philippines to New Guinea |
| Diogenesia Sleumer [81] | 1934 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Diogenesia octandra Sleumer | 13 | Eastern Venezuela, Northern Andes |
| Disterigma (Klotzsch) Nied. [82] | 1889 ("1890") | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Disterigma empetrifolium (Kunth) Drude | ca. 40 | Mexico to Northern South America |
| Gaylussacia Kunth [83] | 1819 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Gaylussacia buxifolia Kunth | 50 | Americas |
| Gonocalyx Planch. & Linden [84] | 1856 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Gonocalyx pulcher Planch. & Linden | 11 | Southern America |
| Lateropora A.C.Sm. [85] | 1932 [N 24] | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Lateropora ovata A.C.Sm. | 3 | |
| Macleania Hook. [75] | 1837 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Macleania floribunda Hook. | ca. 50 | Southern Mexico to Peru |
| Mycerinus A.C.Sm. [86] | 1931 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Mycerinus sclerophyllus A.C.Sm. | 3 | Southern America |
| Notopora Hook.f. [87] | 1873 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Notopora schomburgkii [N 25] Hook.f. | 5 | |
| Oreanthes Benth. [88] | 1844 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Oreanthes buxifolius Benth. | 7 | Neotropical |
| Orthaea Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Orthaea secundiflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch | 34 | Neotropical |
| Paphia Seem. [90] | 1864 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Paphia vitiensis Seem. | 20+ | Australasia |
| Pellegrinia Sleumer [91] | 1935 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Pellegrinia grandiflora (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) Sleumer | 6 | |
| Periclesia A.C.Sm. [92] | 1935 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Periclesia flexuosa A.C.Sm. | 1 | Ecuador |
| Plutarchia A.C.Sm. [79] | 1936 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Plutarchia rigida (Benth.) A.C.Sm. | 11 | Ecuador, Colombia |
| Polyclita A.C.Sm. [79] | 1936 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Polyclita turbinata (Kuntze) A.C.Sm. | 1 | |
| Psammisia Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Psammisia falcata Klotzsch | 70 | Neotropical |
| Rigiolepis Hook.f. | 1873 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Rigiolepis borneensis Hook.f. | 27 | Malesia |
| Rusbya Britton [93] | 1893 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | None designated [N 26] | 1 | Bolivia |
| Satyria Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Satyria warszewiczii Klotzsch | | |
| Semiramisia Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Semiramisia speciosa (Benth.) Klotzsch | 4 | Ecuador, Venezuela to Peru |
| Siphonandra [N 27] Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Siphonandra elliptica (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) Klotzsch | 3 | Neotropical |
| Sphyrospermum Poepp. & Endl. [96] | 1835 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. | 22 | Neotropical |
| Themistoclesia Klotzsch [89] | 1851 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Themistoclesia pendula [N 28] | 22 | Costa Rica to Peru |
| Thibaudia Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil. [97] [N 29] | 1805 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Thibaudia mellifera [N 30] Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil. | 60 | Neotropical |
| Utleya Wilbur & Luteyn [80] | 1977 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Utleya costaricensisWilbur & Luteyn | 1 | |
| Vaccinium L. [18] | 1753 | Vaccinioideae / Vaccinieae | Vaccinium uliginosum L. | 500+ | Near cosmopolitan |