Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Decandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Arbuteae (Tribe) Meisn. (1839)
Arbutoideae (Subfamily) (Meisn.) Nied.

Current position

Arbutoideae (Subfamily) (Meisn.) Nied.

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 313.

Alternative positions

Arbuteae (Tribe) Meisn. (1839)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 187.
Decandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 395.
Ericaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 25 Aug 2011.
Vaccinioideae (Subfamily) Arn.	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Historical positions

Arbutoideae (Subfamily) (Meisn.) Nied.	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 313.
Arbuteae (Tribe) Meisn. (1839)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 187.
Ericaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 401.
Decandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 395.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	11s