List of Ericaceae genera

Bell heather, Erica cinerea, is the type species of the family.

This is a list of genera in the plant family Ericaceae, which includes the heaths, heathers, epacrids, and blueberries. As currently circumscribed, the family contains about 4000 species into more than 120 genera classified into 9 subfamilies.^[1]

Current understanding

The list shown here follows the phylogenetic classification of Kron et al. (2002),^[2] with modifications as per Stevens et al. (2004),^[3] Quinn et al. (2005),^[4] Albrecht et al. (2010),^[5] Gillespie & Kron (2010),^[6] and Craven (2011).^[7]

Nonetheless, much of the taxonomy within the Vaccinioideae is in flux. Multiple studies of the Gaultherieae have now shown Pernettya, Diplycosia (already including Pernettyopsis), and Tepuia to be nested within Gaultheria,^[8][9] although publication formalizing the transfers are yet to be published. Similarly, most of Vaccinieae has not been investigated using molecular techniques, and many genera are likely paraphyletic or polyphyletic. Neotropical and Old World Vaccinioideae are particularly poorly known.^[10] Within the Epacrideae preliminary evidence supports the lumping of Budawangia and Rupicola with Epacris,^[2] but these genera still stand for the time being.

Relevant recent synonymy include Bruckenthalia with Erica,^[11] Leiophyllum and Loiseleuria with Kalmia,^[12] and Diplarche and Menziesia with Rhododendron.^[7]

Genera

Genus Authority	Year	Classification	Type species	# of species	Distribution
Enkianthus Lour.[13]	1791	Enkianthoideae	Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour.	16	Southeast Asia
Chimaphila Pursh[14]	1813 ("1814")	Pyroloideae	Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh	5	North and Central America, Eurasia
Moneses Salisb. ex S.F.Gray[15]	1821	Pyroloideae	Moneses grandiflora[N 1] Salisb. ex S.F.Gray	1	Circumboreal
Orthilia Raf.[16]	1840	Pyroloideae	Orthilia parvifolia[N 1] Raf.	1	Canada to Guatemala, Eurasia
Pyrola L.[17]	1753	Pyroloideae	Pyrola rotundifolia L.	ca. 30	North and Central America, Eurasia
Allotropa Torr. & A.Gray[18]	1858 ("1857")	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Allotropa virgata Torr. & A.Gray	1	Pacific Northwest
Cheilotheca Hook.f.[19]	1876	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Cheilotheca khasiana Hook.f.	3
Hemitomes A.Gray[18]	1858 ("1857")	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Hemitomes congestum A.Gray	1	West Coast
Monotropa L.[17]	1753	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Monotropa uniflora L.	2	America, Europe, Asia
Monotropastrum H.Andres[20]	1936	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Monotropastrum macrocarpum H.Andres	2 or 3	Himalaya to Sumatra and Japan
Monotropsis Schwein.[21]	1817	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Monotropsis odorata Schwein.	1	Southeastern United States
Pityopus Small[22]	1914	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Pityopus oregonus[N 2] Small	1	West Coast of the U.S.
Pleuricospora A.Gray[23]	1868	Monotropoideae Monotropeae	Pleuricospora fimbriolata A.Gray	1	California to British Columbia
Pterospora Nutt.[24]	1919	Monotropoideae Pterosporeae	Pterospora andromedea Nutt.	1	United States and Mexico
Sarcodes Torr.[25]	1851	Monotropoideae Pterosporeae	Sarcodes sanguinea Torr.	1	West Coast of United States and Mexico
Arbutus L.[17]	1753	Arbutoideae	Arbutus unedo L.	10	United States to Central America, Mediterranean area
Arctostaphylos Adans.[26]	1763	Arbutoideae	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.	66	North and Central America, Eurasia
Comarostaphylis Zucc.[27]	1837	Arbutoideae	Comarostaphylis arguta[N 3] Zucc.	10	California to Central America
Ornithostaphylos Small[22]	1914	Arbutoideae	Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia (Parry) Small	1	California, Mexico
Xylococcus Nutt.[28]	1842 ("1843")	Arbutoideae	Xylococcus bicolor Nutt.	1	California
Cassiope D.Don[29]	1834	Cassiopeoideae	Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don	18	Circumboreal
Bryanthus J.G.Gmel.[30][N 4]	1769	Ericoideae Bryantheae	Bryanthus gmelinii[N 5] D.Don
Ledothamnus Meisn.[31]	1863	Ericoideae Bryantheae	Ledothamnus guyanensis Meisn.
Ceratiola Michx.[32]	1803	Ericoideae Empetreae	Ceratiola ericoides Michx.	1	United States
Corema D.Don[33]	1826	Ericoideae Empetreae	Corema album (L.) D.Don ex Steud.	2	North America, Iberian Peninsula
Empetrum L.[17]	1753	Ericoideae Empetreae	Empetrum nigrum L.	3–18[N 6]	Circumboreal and southern South America
Calluna Salisb.[34]	1802	Ericoideae Ericeae	Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull	1	European
Daboecia D.Don[29]	1834	Ericoideae Ericeae	Daboecia polifolia[N 7] D.Don	2	Europe
Erica L.[17]	1753	Ericoideae Ericeae	Erica cinerea L.	850+	Afro-Eurasia
Bejaria[N 8] Mutis[35]	1771	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Bejaria aestuans Mutis ex L.	15	South America to United States
Elliottia Muhl. ex Elliott[21]	1817	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Elliottia racemosa Muhl. ex Elliott	4	North America, Japan
Epigaea L.[17]	1753	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Epigaea repens L.	3	North America, Asia
Kalmia L.[17]	1753	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Kalmia latifolia L.	10	Northern hemisphere
Kalmiopsis Rehder[36]	1932	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Kalmiopsis leachiana (L.F.Hend.) Rehder	2	Oregon
Phyllodoce Salisb.[37]	1806	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Phyllodoce taxifolia[N 1] (Pall.) Salisb.	8	North America, Eurasia
Rhodothamnus Rchb.[38]	1827	Ericoideae Phyllodoceae	Rhodothamnus chamaecistus (L.) Rchb.
Rhododendron L.[17]	1753	Ericoideae Rhodoreae	Rhododendron ferrugineum L.	1000+	North America, Eurasia, Australia
Therorhodion[N 9] (Maxim.) Small[39]	1914	Ericoideae Rhodoreae	Therorhodion camtschaticum (Pall. Small)	3	Alaska, Northeast Asia
Harrimanella Coville[40]	1901	Harrimanelloideae	Harrimanella stelleriana (Pall.) Coville	2	Circumboreal
Archeria Hook.f.[41]	1857	Styphelioideae Archerieae	None designated	6	Tasmania, New Zealand
Andersonia R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Cosmelieae	None designated	ca. 50	Western Australia
Cosmelia R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Cosmelieae	Cosmelia rubra R.Br.	2	Western Australia
Sprengelia Sm.[43]	1794	Styphelioideae Cosmelieae	Sprengelia incarnata	4	Australia
Budawangia Telford[44]	1992	Styphelioideae Epacrideae	Budawangia gnidioides (Summerh.) Telford	1	Australia
Epacris Cav.[45]	1797	Styphelioideae Epacrideae	Epacris longiflora Cav.	30+	Oceania
Lysinema R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Epacrideae	None designated	6	Australia
Rupicola Maiden & Betche[46]	1899 ("1898")	Styphelioideae Epacrideae	Rupicola sprengelioides Maiden & Betche	4	Australia
Woollsia F.Muell.[47]	1873	Styphelioideae Epacrideae	Woollsia pungens (Cav.) F.Muell.	1	Australia
Dielsiodoxa Albr.[5]	2010	Styphelioideae Oligarrheneae	Dielsiodoxa tamariscina (F.Muell.) Albr.	5	Australia
Needhamiella[N 10] L.Watson[48]	1965	Styphelioideae Oligarrheneae	Needhamiella pumilio (R.Br.) L.Watson	1	Western Australia
Oligarrhena R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Oligarrheneae	Oligarrhena micrantha R.Br.	1	Australia
Lebetanthus[N 11] Endl.[49]	1841	Styphelioideae Prionoteae	Lebetanthus americana[N 12] (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	1	South America
Prionotes R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Prionoteae	Prionotes cerinthoides (Labill. R.Br.)	1	Tasmania
Dracophyllum Labill.[50]	1800	Styphelioideae Richeeae	Dracophyllum verticillatum Labill.	ca. 100	Oceania
Richea[N 13] R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Richeeae	Richea dracophylla R.Br.	11	Australia, Tasmania
Sphenotoma (R.Br.) Sweet[N 14][51]	1828	Styphelioideae Richeeae	Sphenotoma gracilis (R.Br.) Sweet	6
Acrothamnus Quinn[4]	2005	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Acrothamnus maccraei (F.Muell.) Quinn	5+	Oceania
Acrotriche R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Acrotriche divaricata[N 15] R.Br.	16	Australia
Agiortia Quinn[4]	2005	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Agiortia cicatricata (J.M.Powell) Quinn	3	Australia
Androstoma Hook.f.[41]	1844	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Androstoma empetrifolia Hook.f.	2	Australia, New Zealand
Astroloma R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	none designated	ca. 10	Australia
Brachyloma Sond.[52]	1845	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Brachyloma preissii Sond.	7	Australia
Coleanthera Stschegl.[53]	1859	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	None designated
Conostephium Benth.[54]	1837	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Conostephium pendulum Benth.	ca. 10	Australia
Croninia J.M.Powell[55]	1993	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Croninia kingiana (F.Muell.) J.M.Powell	1	Australia
Cyathodes Labill.[56]	1805 (1804)	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Cyathodes glauca[N 16] Labill.	5(?)	Australia
Cyathopsis Brongn. & Gris[N 17][57]	1864	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Cyathopsis floribunda Brongn. & Gris	3	New Caledonia
Decatoca F.Muell.[58]	1889	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Decatoca spencerii	1	New Guinea
Leptecophylla C.M.Weiller[59]	1999	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller	12	Oceania
Leucopogon R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Leucopogon lanceolatus[N 18]	150+	Oceania
Lissanthe R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Lissanthe strigosa[N 19] (Sm.) R.Br.	7	Australia
Melichrus R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce	ca. 10	Australia
Monotoca R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Monotoca scoparia (Sm.) R.Br.	17	Australia
Montitega C.M.Weiller[5]	1993	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Montitega dealbata (R.Br.) C.M.Weiller	1	Australia
Pentachondra R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	None designated[N 20]	4–5	Australia, New Zealand
Planocarpa C.M.Weiller[60]	1996	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Planocarpa petiolaris (DC.) C.M.Weiller	3	Tasmania
Styphelia Sm.[61]	1795 ("1793")	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Styphelia tubuliflora Sm.		Oceania
Trochocarpa R.Br.[42]	1810	Styphelioideae Styphelieae	Trochocarpa laurina (Rudge R.Br.)	10?	Australia, Malesia
Andromeda L.[17]	1753	Vaccinioideae Andromedeae	Andromeda polifolia L.	1 or 2	Circumboreal
Zenobia D.Don[29]	1834	Vaccinioideae Andromedeae	Zenobia speciosa[N 21] (Michx.) D.Don	1	Southeastern United States
Chamaedaphne Moench[62]	1794	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench	1	Circumboreal
Diplycosia Blume[63]	1826	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	None designated[N 22]	ca. 110	Southeast Asia
Eubotrys Nutt.[28]	1842 ("1843")	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt.	2	Eastern United States
Gaultheria L.[17]	1753	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Gaultheria procumbens L.	ca. 115	Circumpacific, Americas
Leucothoe D.Don[29]	1834	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Leucothoe axillaria (Lam.) D.Don	5	United States, East Asia
Pernettya[N 23] Gaudich.[64]	1825	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Pernettya empetrifolia[N 24] (Lam.) Gaudich.		Southern America, Oceania
Tepuia Camp[65]	1939	Vaccinioideae Gaultherieae	Tepuia tatei[N 25] Camp	7	South America
Agarista D.Don ex G.Don[66]	1834	Vaccinioideae Lyonieae	Agarista nummularia (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don	ca. 30	Americas, Africa, Madagascar
Craibiodendron W.W.Sm.[67]	1911	Vaccinioideae Lyonieae	Craibiodendron shanicum[N 26] W.W.Sm.	5	India, China, Indochina
Lyonia Nutt.[24]	1919	Vaccinioideae Lyonieae	Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt.	35	United States to Mexico and Caribbeans, East Asia
Pieris D.Don[29]	1834	Vaccinioideae Lyonieae	Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don	7	United States, Cuba, East Asia
Oxydendrum DC.[68]	1839	Vaccinioideae Oxydandreae	Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.	1	United States
Agapetes D.Don ex G.Don[66]	1834	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Agapetes setigera (Wall.) D.Don ex G.Don	80+	Himalaya
Anthopteropsis A.C.Sm.[69]	1941	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Anthopteropsis insignis A.C.Sm.	1	Panama
Anthopterus Hook.[70]	1839	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Anthopterus racemosus Hook.	ca. 20	Neotropical
Cavendishia Lindl.[71]	1835 ("1836")	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Cavendishia nobilis Lindl.	ca. 100	Neotropical
Ceratostema Juss.[72]	1789	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Ceratostema peruvianum J.F.Gmel.	35	Andes
Costera J.J.Sm.[73]	1910	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Costera ovalifolia J.J.Sm.	10
Demosthenesia A.C.Sm.[74]	1936	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Demosthenesia mandonii (Britton) A.C.Sm.	12	Neotropical
Didonica Luteyn & Wilbur[75]	1977	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Didonica pendula Luteyn & Wilbur	4	Neotropical
Dimorphanthera[N 27]	N/A	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	None designated	80+	Malesia to Australia
Diogenesia Sleumer[76]	1934	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Diogenesia octandra Sleumer	13	Eastern Venezuela, Northern Andes
Disterigma (Klotzsch) Nied.[77]	1889 ("1890")	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Disterigma empetrifolium (Kunth) Drude	ca. 40	Mexico to Northern South America
Gaylussacia Kunth[78]	1819	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Gaylussacia buxifolia Kunth	50	Americas
Gonocalyx Planch. & Linden[79]	1856	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Gonocalyx pulcher Planch. & Linden	11	Southern America
Lateropora A.C.Sm.[80]	1932[N 28]	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Lateropora ovata A.C.Smith	3
Macleania Hook.[70]	1837	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Macleania floribunda Hook.	ca. 50	Southern Mexico to Peru
Mycerinus A.C.Sm.[81]	1931	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Mycerinus sclerophyllus A.C.Sm.	3	Southern America
Notopora Hook.f.[70]	1873	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Notopora schomburgkii[N 29] Hook.f.	5
Oreanthes Benth.[82]	1844	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Oreanthes buxifolius Benth.	7	Neotropical
Orthaea Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Orthaea secundiflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch	34	Neotropical
Paphia Seem.[84]	1864	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Paphia vitiensis Seem.	20+	Australasia
Pellegrinia Sleumer[85]	1935	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Pellegrinia grandiflora (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) Sleumer	6
Plutarchia A.C.Sm.[74]	1936	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Plutarchia rigida (Benth.) A.C.Sm.	11	Ecuador, Colombia
Polyclita A.C.Sm.[74]	1936	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Polyclita turbinata (Kuntze) A.C.Smith	1
Psammisia Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Psammisia falcata Klotzsch	70	Neotropical
Rusbya Britton[86]	1893	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	None designated[N 30]	1	Bolivia
Satyria Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Satyria warszewiczii Klotzsch
Semiramisia Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Semiramisia speciosa (Benth.) Klotzsch	4	Ecuador, Venezuela to Peru
Siphonandra[N 31] Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Siphonandra elliptica (Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don) Klotzsch	3	Neotropical
Sphyrospermum Poepp. & Endl.[87]	1835	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.	22	Neotropical
Symphysia C.Presl[88]	1827	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Symphysia martinicensis[N 32] C.Presl
Themistoclesia Klotzsch[83]	1851	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Themistoclesia pendula[N 33]	22	Costa Rica to Peru
Thibaudia Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.[89][N 34]	1805	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Thibaudia mellifera[N 35] Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.-Hil.	60	Neotropical
Utleya Wilbur & Luteyn[75]	1977	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Utleya costaricensis Wilbur & Luteyn	1
Vaccinium L.[17]	1753	Vaccinioideae Vaccinieae	Vaccinium uliginosum L.	500+	Near cosmopolitan

Notes

1. As unnecessary renamings of species described earlier by Linnaeus, these names are illegitimate and treated respectively as Moneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray, Orthilia secunda (L.) House, and Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab.
2. Small's species, which he originally named Pityopus oregona, was later found to be the same as Alice Eastwood's Monotropa californica. It is now treated as Pityopus californius (Eastw.) H.F.Copel.
3. Currently treated as a synonym of Comarostaphylis discolor (Hook.) Diggs.
4. The name is often attributed to David Don (1834, Edinb. New Philos. J. 17:160), but although no valid species name were published in the two last volumes of Gmelin's work (which did not use the Linnean binomial system), his genera are considered valid.
5. This species' correct name is Bryanthus musciformis (Poir.) Nakai
6. Murray & al. (2009, Fl. N. Am. 8:486) note that there are no recent comprehensive reviews of this genus "where different authors rarely, if ever, arrive at the same conclusion" (citing Hultén, 1971, Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., ser. 4 8(5):86).
7. The correct name of the species is Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch
8. As Befaria. The corrected spelling was later conserved.
9. John Lindley and Joseph Paxton had originally (1851, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1:113) moved Pallas' Rhododendron camtschaticum to a new genus Rhodothamnus, a name that Reichenbach had already coined for another Ericacea genus. Small elevated Carl Maximowicz' Rhododendron sect. Therorhodion (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 7. 16(9):47) to generic level to replace that name.
10. Robert Brown's (1810, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.:558) original Needhamia could not be used because Needhamia Scop. (1777, Intr. Hist. Nat.:310), a rejected synonym of Tephrosia (Fabaceae) antedates it.
11. Endlicher substituted this name (as "Lebethanthus") for his own Allodape (1839, Gen. Pl.:749), which he consider preoccupied by Allodape Lepeletier & Serville 1825 (Encycl. Méthod., Insectes 10:18), a genus of bees. Since this is not the case under the ICN, the new name was eventually conserved with the current spelling.
12. Now included within Lebetanthus myrsinites (Lam.) Dusén.
13. Sometimes misattributed to Labillardière (1800, Voy. Rech. Pérouse 1:186), but that name is a rejected name against Brown's, and a synonym of Craspedia (Asteraceae:Gnaphalieae).
14. Not "R.Br. ex Sweet" or just "Sweet". Brown's Dracophyllum [unranked] Sphenotoma (1810, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.:556) had no rank attached, but although such names cannot affect priority, they can still serve as basionyms so long as they are validly published (ICBN, art. 35).
15. Not recorded in Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), but see Paterson (1960, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 85:77, publ. 1961).
16. Not recorded in ING, but see Weiller (1996, Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(4):496)
17. ING and IPNI cite both this reference and Bull. Soc. Bot. France 11:66, but that issue of the Bulletin was not published before late January 1865 (Leussink, 1985, Taxon 34(4):589).
18. An illegitimate renaming of Henry Charles Andrews Styphelia parviflora. The correct name is Leucopogon parviflorus (Andrews) Lindl.
19. Not recorded in APNI or ING, but see Crayn & al. (1999, Austral. Syst. Bot. 16(5):600).
20. This would have to be either Pentachondra involucrata or Pentachondra pumilla.
21. The genus' sole species is now known as Zenobia pulverulanta (W.Bartram ex Willd.) Pollard
22. Would be either Diplycosia pilosa, D. heterophylla or D. latifolia (≡D. heterophylla var. latifolia).
23. Gaudichaud originally spelled the name, which honors Antoine-Joseph Pernety, as "Pernettia". The spelling was later conserved with y.
24. The correct name in Pernettya is Pernettya pumila (L.f.) Hook.. Although the species is known to belong in Gaultheria, it currently lacks a name in that genus (Gaultheria pumila Hook. already exists).
25. Although Tepuia species belong to Gaultheria, this species lack a valid name in the latter genus because of the existence of Gaultheria tatei A.C.Sm. (1933; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60(2):99).
26. Currently treated as a synonym of Craibiodendron stellatum (Pierre) W.W.Sm.
27. Authorship, date and proper place of publication of this genus are listed in a number of different, contradictory ways.
28. A printing error misstates the year as "1942".
29. Hooker also listed the species with the epithet "schomburgkiana".
30. This would have to be Rusbya taxifolia, as the other of Britton's original species is currently treated as Demosthenesia pearcei (Britton) A.C.Sm. and its designation as lectotype would replace Demosthenesia with Rusbya.
31. Because the name is preceded by Siphonandra Turcz. (1848, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1):581; Arachnothryx, Rubiaceae), it has been proposed for conservation (Pedraza-Peñalosa & Luteyn, 2013; Taxon 62(2)408-409).
32. A synonym of Symphysia racemosa (Vahl) Stearn
33. A synonym for Themistoclesia dependens (Benth.) A.C.Sm.
34. The fourth and fifth volumes of Ruiz and Pavón's Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis were not published during their time, but the plates that were to illustrate volume 4 were circulated and lead to the publication of some names (Stafleu & Cowan, 1983; Taxon. Lit., ed. 2 4:982).
35. It is not clear whether the correct spelling is "mellifera" or "melliflora".

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External links

• List of Ericaceae Genera at the Missouri Botanical Garden
• List of Ericaceae Genera at The Plant List