Ericales

Translingual

Actinidia arguta

Etymology

From Erica (“genus name”) +‎ -ales.

Proper noun

Ericales

1. A taxonomic order within the clade asterids – very many plants.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades

Hyponyms

(order): Actinidiaceae (kiwis, etc.), Balsaminaceae (impatiens, etc.), Clethraceae (pepperbushes, etc.), Cyrillaceae (titis)), Diapensiaceae, Ebenaceae (ebony, etc.), Ericaceae (heathers), Fouquieriaceae (ocotillos), Lecythidaceae (brazil nut, etc.), Maesaceae (syn. of Primulaceae), Marcgraviaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Myrsinaceae (syn. of Primulaceae), Pellicieraceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Polemoniaceae (phloxes etc), Primulaceae (primroses, etc.), Roridulaceae, Sapotaceae, Sarraceniaceae (pitcher plants), Sladeniaceae, Styracaceae (snowbells), Symplocaceae, Ternstroemiaceae (syn. of Pentaphylacaceae), Tetrameristaceae, Theaceae (tea etc.), Theophrastaceae (syn. of Primulaceae) – families

References

• Ericales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ericales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ericales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ericales at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ericales at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ericales at APWeb
• “Ericales”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI