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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: 4571; hybrids: 125
= 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.
437.8314 Genus Macleania Hook.; Icon. Pl., t. 109 (1837)
Distribution: central and W-trop. S-America
Species listed in database: 33
= Biramia Neraud; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 28 (1826), nomen
= Tyria Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 21 (1851)
species :
Macleania alata Luteyn; Fl. Ecuador 54(147): 137 (1996)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania amplexicaulis A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 367 (1932)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania angulata Hook.; Bot. Mag. 69: t. 3979 (1842)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Macleania antioquiae B.Fedtsch. & Basil.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 23 (1926)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania benthamiana Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 415 (1847)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania floribunda Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 141 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Macleania multibracteata Mansf.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 436 (1925)
= Macleania popenoei S.F.Blake; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 122 (1922)
species :
Macleania bullata Yeo; Baileya 15: 47 (1967)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Nariño); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Macleania coccoloboides A.C.Sm.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 69 (1952)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania cordifolia Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 223 (1844)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania pulchra Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5465 (1864)
= Macleania punctata Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 4426 (1849)
= Macleania speciosissima Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 5453 (1864)
species :
Macleania crassa A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 373 (1932)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania dodsonii Luteyn; Fl. Ecuador 54(147): 138 (1996)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania epiphytica A.C.Sm.; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 439 (1941)
Distribution: Panama
80 PAN
species :
Macleania ericae Sleumer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 16 (1938)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania pentaptera Sleumer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 120 (1936), non Hoerold (1909)
species :
Macleania farinosa Mansf.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 436 (1925)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Macleania floribunda Hook.; Icon. Pl., t. 109 (1837)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Macleania insignis M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 531 (1842)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Gaultheria cordata Lem.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 2: 312 (1848)
= Macleania coccinea Decne.; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 3, 5: 301 (1851)
= Macleania colorata Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 68 (1851)
= Macleania compacta A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 369 (1932)
= Macleania cordata Lem.; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 4: 312 (1848)
= Macleania cordata var. linearifolia Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 12 (1891)
= Macleania insignis var. linearifolia (Donn.Sm.) Standl. & L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 172 (1965)
= Macleania linearifolia (Donn.Sm.) A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 368 (1932)
= Macleania longiflora Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 30: t. 25 (1844)
= Macleania ovata Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 20 (1851)
= Macleania subracemosa L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 172 (1965)
= Macleania tenuiflora Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 19 (1851)
= Macleania tenuifolia Walp.; Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 6: 415 (1847)
= Macleania tuberosa Nied.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 224 (1890), nom. illeg.
= Orthaea laurifolia Luteyn; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 244 (2008), nom. superfl.
= Thibaudia laurifolia M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 530 (1842), nom. illeg.
= Thibaudia tuberosa Leibold ex Nied.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 207, 224 (1889)
species :
Macleania loeseneriana Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 302 (1909)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania laurina S.F.Blake; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 121 (1922)
species :
Macleania macrantha Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 223 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Macleania maldonadensis Luteyn; Fl. Ecuador 54(147): 133 (1996)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania mollis A.C.Sm.; Phytologia 1: 132 (1935)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania penduliflora Luteyn; Brittonia 37(2): 179 (1985)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania pentaptera Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 299 (1909)
Distribution: Panama; ?Colombia; Ecuador
80 PAN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Anthopterus ericae Sleumer; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 277 (1935)
= Macleania pentaptera var. longicalyx Gilli; Feddes Repert. 94(5): 315 (1983)
= Macleania sleumeriana A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 367 (1950)
species :
Macleania poortmannii Drake; J. Bot. [Morot] 3: 74 (1889)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania pubiflora Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 224 (1846)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Cauca, Nariño)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania recumbens A.C.Sm.; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 65 (1952)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania robusta Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 75 (1920)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania arcuata Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 76 (1920)
species :
Macleania rotundifolia Sodiro & Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 300 (1909)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania rupestris (Kunth) A.C.Sm.; Phytologia 1: 131 (1935)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Apure, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Macleania alpicola (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 269 (1909)
= Macleania attenuata B.Fedtsch. & Basil.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 23 (1926)
= Macleania costaricensis (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 268 (1909)
= Macleania ecuadorensis Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 300 (1909)
= Macleania elliptica Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 301 (1909)
= Macleania euryphylla S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 14: 291 (1924)
= Macleania glabra (Klotzsch) Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 268 (1909)
= Macleania hirtiflora (Benth.) A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 382 (1932)
= Macleania irazuensis S.F.Blake; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 120 (1922)
= Macleania nervosa A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 380 (1932)
= Macleania pilgeriana Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 301 (1909)
= Macleania punctata var. puberula Danguy & Cherm.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 28: 434 (1922)
= Macleania racemosa Cufod.; Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 9: 199 (1933)
= Macleania recurva Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 76 (1920)
= Macleania reducta A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 380 (1932)
= Macleania rupestris var. trianae (Hoerold) Cuatrec.; Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 33: 105 (1933)
= Macleania sodiroi Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 302 (1909)
= Macleania trianae Hoerold; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 303 (1909)
= Macleania turrialbana Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 27: 339 (1899)
= Psammisia alpicola Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 45 (1851)
= Psammisia costaricensis Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 47 (1851)
= Psammisia glabra Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 46 (1851)
= Psammisia rupestris (Kunth) Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 45 (1851)
= Thibaudia hirtiflora Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 224 (1844)
= Thibaudia rupestris Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 270 (1818)
species :
Macleania salapa (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(2): 566 (1876)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceratostema salapa Benth.; Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 141 (1844)
= Tyria salapa (Benth.) Klotzsch; Linnaea 24: 21 (1851)
species :
Macleania smithiana Luteyn; Fl. Ecuador 54(147): 131 (1996)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Risaralda, Valle); Ecuador
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Macleania spectabilis A.C.Sm.; Amer. J. Bot. 27: 541 (1940)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle)
82 CLM
species :
Macleania stricta A.C.Sm.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 364 (1932)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Huila, Nariño, Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Macleania subsessilis Luteyn; Fl. Ecuador 54(147): 142 (1996)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Macleania tropica A.C.Sm.; J. Arnold Arbor. 27: 91 (1946)
Distribution: Colombia (Valle); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
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