Order

Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)

Collomia tinctoria. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons, including, for example, tea, persimmon, blueberry, Brazil nut, and azalea. The order includes trees, bushes, lianas, and herbaceous plants. Together with ordinary autophytic plants, the Ericales include chlorophyll-deficient mycoheterotrophic plants (e.g., Sarcodes sanguinea) and carnivorous plants (e.g., genus Sarracenia).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
        Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox family) (22)
        Family: Sarraceniaceae (New world pitcher plants) (1)
        Family: Ericaceae (Heath family) (42)
        Family: Primulaceae (Primroses) (7)

Subtaxa

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)

Family: Sarraceniaceae (New world pitcher plants)

Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)

Family: Primulaceae (Primroses)

Where in Humboldt

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