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Family
Empetraceae
Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.
- crowberry family
(plant)
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Entity:
Ericales (Order)
..Actinidiaceae (Family) - Chinese gooseberry family
..Balsaminaceae (Family) - touch-me-not family
..Clethraceae (Family) - Clethra family
..Cyrillaceae (Family) - Cyrilla family
..Diapensiaceae (Family) - Diapensia family
..Ebenaceae (Family) - ebony family
..[Epacridaceae] (Family) - Epacris family
..Ericaceae (Family) - heath family
..[Ericae] (Family)
..Fouquieriaceae (Family) - ocotillo family
..†Lanagiopollis (Genus)
..Lecythidaceae (Family) - Brazil-nut family
..[Maesaceae] (Family)
..Marcgraviaceae (Family) - shingle plant family
..[Mitrastemataceae] (Family)
..Mitrastemonaceae (Family) - Mitrastemon family
..[Monotropaceae] (Family)
..[Myrsinaceae] (Family) - Myrsine family
..†Paleoenkianthus (Genus)
..Pentaphylacaceae (Family) - Pentaphylax family
..Polemoniaceae (Family) - phlox family
..Primulaceae (Family) - primrose family
..[Prionotaceae] (Family)
..[Pyrolaceae] (Family)
..Roridulaceae (Family)
..Sapotaceae (Family) - sapodilla family
..[Sapotae] (Family)
..Sarraceniaceae (Family) - pitcher-plant family
..Sladeniaceae (Family)
..Styracaceae (Family) - storax family
..Symplocaceae (Family) - sweetleaf family
..Tetrameristaceae (Family)
..Theaceae (Family) - tea family
..[Theophrastaceae] (Family) - Theophrasta family
..[Vacciniaceae] (Family)
..[Empetraceae] (Family) - crowberry family
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Hook. & Lindl.,
in
Hooker, 1821, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Hook. & Lindl., 1821.
In
Hooker,
Fl. Scot.
[
2
], 10 May 1821: 297.
Subsequent publication
:
Gray, 1821.
Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl.
2
, 1 Nov 1821: 732.
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994.
Int. Code Bot. Nomencl.
(Tokyo Code)
: App. IIB (p. 105: "Gray").
Types
Type
:
Empetrum
(Genus)
L. (1753)
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994
: App. IIB (p. 105).
Variants
Different rank
:
Empetreae
(Tribe)
Horan. (1847)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 314.
Synonyms
In
:
Ericaceae
(Family)
Juss. (1789), nom. cons.
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 937.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
kraaiheifamilie
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 309.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
crowberry family
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