Flora of New York/Clade1 Ericales

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
balsaminoids

BalsaminaceaeImpatiens (4 jewelweed spp.)

Marcgraviaceae

Tetrameristaceae

Lecythidaceae

Mitrastemonaceae

polemonioids

Fouquieriaceae

Polemoniaceae

Cobaeoideae

Polemonioideae

Polemonieae - Polemonium (2 Jacob's ladder spp.)

Phlocideae - Phlox (6 phlox spp.)

Gilieae

Collomia

Gilia

Loeselieae

primuloids

Sapotaceae

Ebenaceae

Primulaceae

Pentaphylacaceae

Theaceae

styracoids

Symplocaceae

Diapensiaceae

Styracaceae

sarracenioids

Sarraceniaceae

Actinidiaceae

Roridulaceae

ericoids

Clethraceae

Cyrillaceae

Ericaceae


  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.