The order Ericales comprises 22 families (Actinidiaceae, Balsaminaceae , Clethraceae, Cyrillaceae, Diapensiaceae, Ebenaceae, Ericaceae, Fouquieriaceae, Lecythidaceae, Marcgraviaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Pentaphylacaceae, Polemoniaceae , Primulaceae, Roridulaceae, Sapotaceae, Sarraceniaceae, Sladeniaceae, Styracaceae, Symplocaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Theaceae):[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Ericales
Lecythidaceae
Mitrastemonaceae
Pentaphylacaceae
Theaceae
styracoids
Symplocaceae
Diapensiaceae
Styracaceae
sarracenioids
Sarraceniaceae
Actinidiaceae
Roridulaceae
ericoids
↑ From Figure 11.10. Phylogenetic relationships of Asterids with an emphasis on families within Ericales and Cornales. Soltis, Douglas; Soltis, Pamela; Endress, Peter; Chase, Mark W.; Manchester, Steven; Judd, Walter; Majure, Lucas; Mavrodiev, Evgeny (2018). Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms (p. 262). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
↑ Rose, Jeffrey P.; Kleist, Thomas J.; Löfstrand, Stefan D.; Drew, Bryan T.; Schönenberger, Jürg; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (2018-05-01). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 122 : 59–79. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.014 . ISSN 1055-7903 . PMID 29410353 .
↑ Prather, L. & Ferguson, Carolyn & Jansen, Robert. (2000). Polemoniaceae Phylogeny and Classification: Implications of Sequence Data from the Chloroplast Gene ndhF. American journal of botany. 87. 1300-8. 10.2307/2656723.