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Ericaceae, commonly kent as the heath or heather faimily, is a group o flouerin plants foond maist commonly in acid an infertile growin conditions. The faimily is lairge, wi roughly 4000 species spread ower 126 genera, makin it the 14t maist speciose faimily o flouerin plants.[1]
Ericaceae | |
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Leptecophylla juniperina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Faimily: | Ericaceae Juss. |
Teep genus | |
Erica | |
Subfaimilies | |
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The faimily includes 9 subfaimilies, 126 genera, an c. 4000 species:
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