ericalean
Ericalean is an adjective used in botany to describe organisms related to the order Ericales or, more loosely, to its constituent families such as Ericaceae. The term appears in systematic discussions of flowering plants and is used to group taxa by shared evolutionary relationships within this order.
Ericales is a diverse order within the clade Asterids. Its membership has varied with taxonomic treatments,
Members of Ericales exhibit a range of life forms from shrubs and trees to herbaceous plants. Ecological
Economically and ecologically, ericalean plants are important in several contexts. The Theaceae include tea crops, while
The term ericalean derives from the order name Ericales. In modern classifications, Ericales is a well-supported