Ericaceae
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 th ...
. It contains the commercially important
cranberry
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus ''Oxycoccus'' of the genus '' Vaccinium''. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species '' Vaccinium oxycoccos'', while in North America, cranberry ...
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blueberry
Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' within the genus '' Vaccinium''. ''Vaccinium'' also includes cranberries ...
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bilberry
Bilberries (), or sometimes European blueberries, are a primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus '' Vaccinium'' (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, dark blue berries. The species most often referred to is ''Vaccinium myrti ...
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lingonberry
''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'', the lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, that bears edible fruit. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Norther ...
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huckleberry
Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: '' Vaccinium'' and '' Gaylussacia''. The huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho.
Nomenclature
The name 'huckleberry' is a ...
Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia ( Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the cit ...
Chamaedaphne
''Chamaedaphne calyculata'', known commonly as leatherleaf or cassandra, is a perennial dwarf shrub in the plant family Ericaceae and the only species in the genus ''Chamaedaphne''. It is commonly seen in cold, acidic bogs and forms large, spread ...
Gaultheria
''Gaultheria'' is a genus of about 135 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 '. These pla ...
Pernettya
''Gaultheria'' is a genus of about 135 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 '. These pl ...
Pieris
Pieris may refer to:
Organisms
* ''Pieris'' (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae
* ''Pieris'' (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae
* ''Pieris'', a synonym of the genus ...
Vaccinieae
Vaccinieae is a tribe of over 1000 species in the plant family Ericaceae. The tribe consists of morphologically diverse woody plants. Species within Vaccinieae can be found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Genetic analysis indic ...
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Agapetes
''Agapetes'' (Gk. ἀγαπητός (agapetos) = 'beloved') is a semi-climbing shrub genus native to the Himalayas, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous bunches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grow ...
Cavendishia
''Cavendishia'' is a genus of about 100 species of woody perennial plants, many of which are epiphyte, epiphytic. The genus is native to tropical South America and Central America.
Species
References
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Costera ''Costera'' may refer to:
*La Costera
La Costera () is a comarca in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.
Municipalities
* L'Alcúdia de Crespins
* Barxeta
*Canals
* Cerdà
* Estubeny
*La Font de la Figuera
* Genovés
* La Gra ...
Gaylussacia
''Gaylussacia'' is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to the Americas, where they occur in eastern North America and in South America in the Andes and the mountains of southeastern Brazil (the ...
Notopora
''Notopora'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae
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 ...
Psammisia
''Psammisia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. It contains the fruiting bushes commonly called ''joyapas'' and is distributed throughout the Neotropics. Description
They are terrestrial or epiphytic shrubs. Leaves usually ...
Satyria
''Satyria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the blueberry tribe Vaccinieae, family Ericaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. It is closely related to ''Cavendishia
''Cavendishia'' is a genus of abou ...
Siphonandra
''Siphonandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Its native range is Peru to Bolivia.
Species
Species:
*''Siphonandra boliviana''
*''Siphonandra elliptica''
*''Siphonandra magnifica''
*''Siphonandra nervosa' ...
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Sphyrospermum
''Sphyrospermum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae
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. ...
Thibaudia
''Thibaudia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. They are native to Central America, Central and South America with a high concentration of species in the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Ecuador.Utleya'' - ''
Vaccinium
''Vaccinium'' is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whort ...