Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Theophrasta (Genus) L. (1753)

Current position

Ericales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)

Ref: APG II, 2003: 420.

Alternative positions

Myrsinales (Order) Bromhead (1838)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 199.
Primulales (Order) Dumort. (1829)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XLV.

Historical positions

Ericales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: APG III, 2009: 116. [invalid/synonym] [implicit]
Ericales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: APG II, 2003: 420.
Primulales (Order) Dumort. (1829)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XLV.
Ericales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: APG, 1998: 541.
Myrsinales (Order) Bromhead (1838)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 199.
Primulales (Order) Dumort. (1829)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Primulales (Order) Dumort. (1829)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 404.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	5g;110s
1997	A. Takhtajan: 199	5g;110s
1982	A. Cronquist	4g100s