Knowra Ericales Ericales Ericales is an order of flowering plants that includes heathers, primroses, tea plants, blueberries, and many other families. Its members range from herbs and shrubs to trees.
Asterids : A large clade of flowering plants that includes Ericales, lamiids, and campanulids. Ericales is one branch within this major flowering-plant clade.
Ericaceae : A flowering-plant family that includes heathers, rhododendrons, cranberries, and blueberries. This large family contains many plants that give Ericales its familiar heathland character.
Mycorrhiza : A mutually beneficial association between a fungus and a plant root. Many Ericaceae rely on fungal partners to obtain nutrients from poor soils.
Tea : A beverage made by steeping processed leaves of Camellia sinensis in water. The tea plant is a member of Theaceae within Ericales.
Cronquist system : A plant classification system developed by Arthur Cronquist, based chiefly on morphology and anatomy. Its traditional order boundaries differ from those supported by modern molecular evidence.
Ericales families : The taxonomic families assigned to the flowering-plant order Ericales. The order’s breadth becomes clear through its many distinct families.
Primulaceae : A flowering-plant family that includes primroses, cyclamens, and related herbs. Primroses represent a conspicuous herbaceous lineage within the order.
Ericoid mycorrhiza : A fungal-root partnership in which fungi colonize the fine roots of plants in Ericaceae. This specialized symbiosis helps heathers and relatives exploit acidic, nutrient-poor soils.
Blueberry : An edible fruit produced by shrubs in the genus Vaccinium. Blueberries are cultivated fruits from the order’s family Ericaceae.
APG IV system : The 2016 classification of flowering plants produced by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. This system presents the modern, phylogeny-based circumscription of Ericales.
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