Ericaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q975872
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Ericaceae

Summary

Ericaceae is a taxon[1]. Ericaceae ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month, #1,186 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ericaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ericaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Ericaceae belongs to the parent taxon Bicornes[5].
  • Ericaceae is classified within Ericales[6].
  • Ericaceae is classified within Ericineae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ericaceae is Ericaceae[8].
  • Ericaceae's Commons category is recorded as Ericaceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Ericaceae is Erica[10].
  • Ericaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ericaceae[11].
  • Ericaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(1)[12].
  • Ericaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Ericaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Ericaceae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Ericaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Ericaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Pyrolaceae[17].
  • Ericaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=419[18].
  • Ericaceae's topic has template is recorded as Q10795891[19].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heifamilie'}[20].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '진달래과'}[21].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์กุหลาบป่า'}[22].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '杜鹃花科'}[23].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '杜鹃花科'}[24].
  • Ericaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vresovke'}[25].
  • Ericaceae's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[26].
  • Ericaceae's has fruit type is recorded as berry[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ericaceae is Ericaceae[8]. Ericaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Bicornes[5], Ericales[6], and Ericineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Ericaceae is Erica[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heifamilie'}[20], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '진달래과'}[21], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์กุหลาบป่า'}[22], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '杜鹃花科'}[23], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '杜鹃花科'}[24], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vresovke'}[25].

Identifiers

Ericaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 133387[28]. Ericaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4345[29]. Ericaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4267[30]. Ericaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2505[31]. Ericaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23463[32].

Why It Matters

Ericaceae ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month, #1,186 of 195,241).[2] Ericaceae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Ericaceae is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q24775663. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . panmai.com. panmai.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Q10795891
    Parent taxon Bicornes, Ericales, Ericineae
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(1), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +2
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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