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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ERICACEAE (heaths and heathers)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Agapetes stenantha (a house plant)           1
Species Agapetes variegata (a house plant)           1
Species Agauria buxifolia (a house plant)           1
Species Agauria salicifolia (a house plant)           1
Species Andromeda polifolia L. (Bog Rosemary)   3       5
Species Arbutus unedo L. (Strawberry-tree)         2 1
Genus Arctostaphylos (bearberries) 2 16     2 3
Species Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull (Heather)   18 9     52
Genus Camellia (camellias)           3
Genus Cavendishea (a genus of house plants) 3          
Species Cavendishea bracteata (a house plant)           1
Species Cavendishea complectens (a house plant)           1
Species Cavendishea strobilifera (a house plant)           1
Aggregate Ceratostoma sp. cult. (a house plant)           1
Species Costera endertii (a house plant)           1
Species Dimorphotheca dryophila (a house plant)           1
Species Dimorphotheca megacalyx (a house plant)           1
Species Diogenesia amplectens (a house plant)           1
Genus Diplycosia (a genus of house plants) 3          
Species Diplycosia heterophylla (a house plant)           1
Species Diplycosia soror (a house plant)           1
Aggregate Diplycosia sp. cult. (a house plant)           1
Aggregate Disterigma sp. cult. (a house plant)           1
Genus Erica (bell heathers) 16 25     2 29
Genus Gaultheria (pickly heaths) 2         2
Species Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. (Trailing Azalea)   1        
Species Macleania glabra (a house plant)           1
Genus Rhododendron (rhododendrons and azaleas) 50 5   8 1 131
Genus Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries) 13 29 5   1 64

Suggested Literature

General Works

Mitchell, D.T. & Gibson, B.R., 2006 Ericoid mycorrhizal association: ability to adapt to a braod range of habitats

ERICACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with ERICACEAE:

is mycorrhizal host of fruitbody Clavaria argillacea - Moor Club (Agaricales: Clavariaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena argentata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena fuscipes - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Ericaceae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates