Definition of Ericales

1. Noun. Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ericales

Erianthus
Erianthus ravennae
Eric
Eric Arthur Blair
Eric Blair
Erica
Erica Jong
Erica arborea
Erica carnea
Erica cinerea
Erica lusitanica
Erica perspicua
Erica tetralix
Erica vagans
Ericaceae
Ericales
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich von Stroheim
Erichsen
Erichsen's sign
Erick
Ericka
Ericksonian
Eridanus
Eridian
Eridu
Erie
Erie Canal
Erigeron
Erigeron acer

Literary usage of Ericales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"These humus saprophytes are especially numerous among the Orchidacea?, eg, Neottia, Corallorhiza, Cephalanthera, etc., and in certain forms of the ericales. ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"No fossil remains have been discovered. The number of identified species now living is about 1300. Alliance XLIX.—ericales. ..."

3. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"If Order I. ericales. a , Order II. Primulales. J [ Order III. ... Order I. ericales The ericales comprise many forms of temperate regions, largely shrubs, ..."

4. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"ERICACEAE IN ericales 244 Stamens almost free from the corolla; style none. ... DIAPENSIACEAE IN ericales 244 Stamens inserted on the tube of the corolla. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... (ericales). Certain great families characterize the north temperate region and these are all herbaceous forms believed to be of relatively recent origin ..."

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