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Ericales
The Ericales are an order of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:
- Family Ericaceae (heath family)
- Family Cyrillaceae[?] (cyrilla[?] family)
- Family Clethraceae[?] (clethra[?] family)
- Family Sarraceniaceae (pitcher plant family)
- Family Roridulaceae[?]
- Family Actinidiaceae (kiwifruit family)
- Family Lecythidaceae[?] (brazilnut[?] family)
- Family Sapotaceae[?] (sapodilla[?] family)
- Family Styracaceae[?]
- Family Diapensiaceae[?]
- Family Myrsinaceae[?]
- Family Primulaceae[?] (primrose family)
- Family Theophrastaceae[?]
- Family Maesaceae[?]
- Family Ebenaceae (ebony family)
- Family Theaceae[?] (tea family)
- Family Ternstroemiaceae[?]
- Family Sladeniaceae[?]
- Family Polemoniaceae[?] (phlox family)
- Family Fouquieriaceae (fouquieria family)
- Family Balsaminaceae[?] (balsam[?] family)
- Family Marcgraviaceae[?]
- Family Pellicieraceae[?]
- Family Tetrameristaceae[?]
These make up a basal group of asterids[?]. Under the older Cronquist system, the Ericales included a smaller group of plants, which were placed among the Dileniidae[?]:
- Family Ericaceae
- Family Cyrillaceae[?]
- Family Clethraceae[?]
- Family Grubbiaceae[?]
- Family Empetraceae[?]
- Family Epacridaceae[?]
- Family Pyrolaceae[?]
- Family Monotropaceae[?]
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