Ericaceae

Genera 127 Accepted species 5,145 Documented here 1,057 Coverage 21%

We document 1,057 of the 5,145 accepted species in Ericaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 93 of 127

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Erica 462 847
Rhododendron 101 1,190
Arctostaphylos 60 80
Vaccinium 47 555
Gaultheria 43 314
Dracophyllum 35 65
Styphelia 31 207
Epacris 17 92
Pyrola 17 43
Leucopogon 16 122
Cavendishia 13 128
Gaylussacia 11 66
Arbutus 10 16
Acrotriche 8 18
Psammisia 8 79
Brachyloma 7 15
Kalmia 7 9
Leptecophylla 7 14
Lyonia 7 64
Richea 7 12
Acrothamnus 6 7
Comarostaphylis 6 12
Bejaria 5 15
Cassiope 5 17
Phyllodoce 5 9
Chimaphila 4 5
Disterigma 4 42
Empetrum 4 4
Pieris 4 23
Sprengelia 4 6
Thibaudia 4 116
Agarista 3 34
Andersonia 3 30
Archeria 3 6
Cyathodes 3 4
Demosthenesia 3 14
Enkianthus 3 14
Leucothoe 3 20
Macleania 3 51
Melichrus 3 6
Monotoca 3 10
Trochocarpa 3 17
Arctous 2 4
Corema 2 2
Elliottia 2 4
Harrimanella 2 2
Pentachondra 2 4
Satyria 2 30
Sphyrospermum 2 34
Stenanthera 2 5
Agapetes 1 152
Allotropa 1 1
Andromeda 1 1
Androstoma 1 2
Bryanthus 1 1
Calluna 1 1
Ceratiola 1 1
Ceratostema 1 81
Chamaedaphne 1 1
Conostephium 1 14
Cosmelia 1 1
Cyathopsis 1 3
Daboecia 1 3
Diogenesia 1 14
Epigaea 1 4
Gonocalyx 1 11
Hemitomes 1 1
Hypopitys 1 1
Kalmiopsis 1 2
Ledothamnus 1 7
Lissanthe 1 10
Lysinema 1 6
Moneses 1 1
Monotropa 1 2
Monotropastrum 1 1
Monotropsis 1 1
Montitega 1 1
Ornithostaphylos 1 1
Orthilia 1 1
Oxydendrum 1 1
Paphia 1 21
Pityopus 1 1
Planocarpa 1 3
Pleuricospora 1 1
Prionotes 1 1
Pterospora 1 1
Rhodothamnus 1 2
Sarcodes 1 1
Siphonandra 1 5
Sphenotoma 1 6
Woollsia 1 1
Xylococcus 1 1
Zenobia 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 34 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.