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437.0000 Family Ericaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 159 (1789), nom. cons.
127 genera, ca. 4500 spp. The inclusion of Empetraceae, Pyrolaceae, Epacridaceae and Monotropaceae follows conclusive molecular evidence.
Species listed in database: 4614; hybrids: 127
= Andromedaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 428 (1843)
= Arbutaceae Bromhead; Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 337, 338 (1840)
= Arctostaphylaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 106 (1858)
= Azaleaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 272, 294 (1818)
= Diplarchaceae Klotzsch; Allg. Deutsche Naturhist. Zeitung 3: 230 (1857)
= Empetraceae Hook. & Lindl.; Fl. Scot. 297 (1821), nom. cons.
= Epacridaceae R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 535 (1810), nom. cons.
= Hypopityaceae Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 11 (1851)
= Ledaceae J.F.Gmel.; Allg. Gesch. Pflanzengifte, ed. 2: 404 (1803)
= Menziesiaceae Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 11 (1851)
= Monotropaceae Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 272 (1818), nom. cons.
= Oxycoccaceae A.Kern.; Pflanzenleben 2: 713, 714 (1891)
= Prionotaceae Hutch.; Evol. Phylogeny Fl. Pl. 306 (1969)
= Pyrolaceae Lindl.; Syn. Brit. Fl. 175 (1829), nom. cons.
= Rhododendraceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 158 (1789)
= Rhodoraceae Vent.; Tabl. Règn. Vég. 2: 449 (1799)
= Salaxidaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 104 (1858)
= Salazariaceae F.A.Barkley; Phytologia 32: 304 (1975)
= Stypheliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 72 (1834)
= Vacciniaceae DC. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 228 (1818), nom. cons.
437.5302 Genus Calluna Salisb.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 317 (1802)
Distribution: atlantic coastal North America, Europe from Scandinavia to Mediterranean, Morocco, Turkey, W- and E-Siberia
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull; Brit. Fl. [Hull], ed. 2, 1: 114 (1808)
Name: Besenheide, Heidekraut (DE), Heather (EN)
Distribution: Iceland; Faeroe Isl.; England (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly, St. Kilda Isl.); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl. (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); ?Corsica; Italy; Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; NE-Greece (Mt. Papikio); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Morocco; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Siberia (Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia); Australia [I] (Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Québec [I]); St. Pierre et Miquelon [I]; USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Massachusetts [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Rhode Island [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I]); Falkland Isl. [I]
10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO CIS FRA POR SPA 13 BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MLT MNT NMA ROM SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 MOR 21 AZO mdr 30 SIB 32 KAZ 34 TUR 50 aus 51 nzl 71 cdn 72 cdn spm 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 91 fal
Remarks: many minor forms not listed
Synonyms: hidden
= Calluna atlantica Seem.; J. Bot. 4: 306 (1866)
= Calluna beleziana Rouy; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 500 (1895)
= Calluna ciliaris Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 447 (1866)
= Calluna elegantissima Sennen; Bol. Soc. Iber. Ci. Nat. 28: 177 (1929 publ. 1930)
= Calluna erica DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 3: 680 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Calluna erica var. condensata (Lamotte) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 10: 105 (1908)
= Calluna erica var. hirsuta (K.F.Waitz) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 10: 105 (1908)
= Calluna hirsuta Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 399 (1821)
= Calluna sagittifolia (Stokes) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 399 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Calluna sagittifolia var. hirsuta (K.F.Waitz) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 399 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Calluna vulgaris var. alba G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 828 (1834)
= Calluna vulgaris var. albiflora Michot; Fl. Hainaut 142 (1845)
= Calluna vulgaris var. alportii G.Kirchn.; Arbor. Muscav. [Petzold & Kirchner] 463 (1864)
= Calluna vulgaris var. atrorubens Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1084 (1838)
= Calluna vulgaris var. aurea G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 828 (1834)
= Calluna vulgaris var. ciliaris (Schübl. & G.Martens) Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 417 (1843)
= Calluna vulgaris var. condensata Lamotte; Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 2: 508 (1881)
= Calluna vulgaris var. cuprea Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 282 (1914)
= Calluna vulgaris var. decumbens G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 828 (1834)
= Calluna vulgaris var. foxii Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 282 (1914)
= Calluna vulgaris var. glabra Neilr.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 596 (1859)
= Calluna vulgaris var. hammondii Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 282 (1914)
= Calluna vulgaris var. hirsuta (Gray) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 10: 105 (1908)
= Calluna vulgaris var. hirsuta (K.F.Waitz) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 399 (1821 publ. 1822)
= Calluna vulgaris var. incana Rchb.f.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 17: 73 (1854)
= Calluna vulgaris var. nana G.Kirchn.; Arbor. Muscav. [Petzold & Kirchner] 463 (1864)
= Calluna vulgaris var. patula Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 10: 105 (1908)
= Calluna vulgaris var. prostrata G.Kirchn.; Arbor. Muscav. [Petzold & Kirchner] 463 (1864)
= Calluna vulgaris var. pubens Rabenh.; Fl. Königr. Sachsen 194 (1859)
= Calluna vulgaris var. pubescens (Lam.) W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 476 (1837)
= Calluna vulgaris var. pubescens Boreau; Fl. Centre France [Boreau], éd. 3, 2: 432 (1857), nom. illeg.
= Calluna vulgaris var. purpurea G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 828 (1834)
= Calluna vulgaris var. serotina Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1084 (1838)
= Calluna vulgaris var. tomentosa G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 828 (1834)
= Calluna vulgaris var. variegata Regel; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 16: 218 (1842)
= Erica ciliaris Huds.; Fl. Angl. [Hudson] 144 (1762) non L. 1753
= Erica confusa Gand.; Fl. Lyon. [Gandoger] 149 (1875)
= Erica glabra Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 3 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Erica herbacea Georgi; Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich. 3(4): 935 (1779)
= Erica lutescens K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 138 (1872)
= Erica nana K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 138 (1872)
= Erica prostrata K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 138 (1872)
= Erica reginae K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 138 (1872)
= Erica sagittifolia Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 370 (1812)
= Erica sagittifolia var. villosa Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 371 (1812)
= Erica vulgaris L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 352 (1753)
= Erica vulgaris subsp. ciliaris Schübl. & G.Martens; Fl. Würtemberg, 1. Aufl.: 246 (1834)
= Erica vulgaris var. alba Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 98 (1770)
= Erica vulgaris var. carnea Wibel; Prim. Fl. Werth. [Wibel] 224 (1799), nom. inval.
= Erica vulgaris var. hirsuta K.F.Waitz; Beschr. Gatt. Art. Heid. 91 (1805)
= Erica vulgaris var. squarrosa K.F.Waitz; Beschr. Gatt. Art. Heid. 91 (1805)
= Ericoides vulgaris (L.) Merino; Fl. Galicia [Merino] 2: 260 (1906)
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