order ericales

1. Ericaceae;
   Clethraceae;
   Diapensiaceae;
   Epacridaceae;
   Lennoaceae;
   Pyrolaceae;
   Monotropaceae (synset 112246526)
   is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
   subtypes: ericaceae, family ericaceae, heath family - heathers
   member holonym:

   • clethraceae, family clethraceae, white-alder family - coextensive with the genus Clethra
   • diapensia family, diapensiaceae, family diapensiaceae - north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales
   • epacridaceae, epacris family, family epacridaceae - Australasian shrubs or small trees
   • family lennoaceae, lennoaceae - family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico
   • family pyrolaceae, pyrolaceae, wintergreen family - evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia
   • family monotropaceae, monotropaceae - used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
   belongs to: dilleniidae, subclass dilleniidae - a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
   same as: ericales

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