Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Ericales - (Family) Ericaceae

Original position

Dioecia Triandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Empetraceae (Family) Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.
Empetreae (Tribe) Horan. (1847)

Current position

Empetreae (Tribe) Horan. (1847)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 314.

Alternative positions

Dioecia Triandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1022.
Empetraceae (Family) Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 188.
Ericaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 25 Aug 2011.

Historical positions

Empetreae (Tribe) Horan. (1847)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 305, 314.
Empetraceae (Family) Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 188.
Empetraceae (Family) Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 309.
Empetraceae (Family) Hook. & Lindl. (1821), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 401.
Dioecia Triandria (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1022.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2-3-8s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	4s