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Taxon: Genus Erica L. (1753) - heaths (plant)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                | Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                |   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                |     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                |       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                |         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                |           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                |             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                |               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                |                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                |                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                |                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                |                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                |                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                |                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                |                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                |                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                |                                 Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                |                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                |                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                |                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                |                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                |                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                |                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                |                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                |                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                |                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                |                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                |                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                |                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                |                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                |                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                |                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                |                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                |                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                |                                                                     Clade Synapsida Osborn 1903 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                |                                                                       [crown] Clade Therapsida Broom 1905 [Rowe 2020]
                |                                                                         Clade Theriodontia Owen, 1876
                |                                                                           Clade Eutheriodontia
                |                                                                             Clade Cynodontia Owen 1861 [Rowe 2020]
                |                                                                               Clade Epicynodontia Hopson & Kitching 2001
                |                                                                                 Clade Eucynodontia Kemp 1982 [Rowe 1993]
                |                                                                                   Clade Probainognathia Hopson, 1990
                |                                                                                     Clade Mammaliamorpha Rowe 1988 [Rowe 2020]
                |                                                                                       Clade Mammaliaformes Rowe 1988 [Rowe 2020]
                |                                                                                         Clade Amphilestheria Gaetano & Rougier 2011
                |                                                                                           Clade Holotheria Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
                |                                                                                             Class Mammaliaᵀ Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
                |                                                                                               Clade Theriimorphaᵀ Rowe 1993
                |                                                                                                 Clade Theriiformesᵀ Rowe 1988
                |                                                                                                   Clade Trechnotheriaᵀ McKenna 1975
                |                                                                                                     Clade Cladotheriaᵀ McKenna 1975
                |                                                                                                       Clade Zatheriaᵀ McKenna 1975
                |                                                                                                         Clade Prototribosphenidaᵀ Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
                |                                                                                                           Clade Boreosphenidaᵀ Luo, Cifelli & Kielan-Jaworowska 2001
                |                                                                                                             Subclass Theriaᵀ Parker & Haswell, 1897
                |                                                                                                               Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                |                                                                                                                 Cohort Placentalia Owen, 1837 - placentals
                |                                                                                                                   Magnorder Boreoeutheria Springer & de Jong, 2001
                |                                                                                                                     Superorder Euarchontoglires Murphy, Stanyon & O'Brien, 2001
                |                                                                                                                       Grandorder Euarchonta Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
                |                                                                                                                         Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
                |                                                                                                                           Clade Euprimates
                |                                                                                                                             Suborder Haplorhini Pocock, 1918
                |                                                                                                                               Infraorder Simiiformes Haeckel, 1866
                |                                                                                                                                 Parvorder Catarrhini Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
                |                                                                                                                                   Superfamily Hominoidea Gray, 1825
                |                                                                                                                                     Family Hominidaeᵀ Gray, 1825
                |                                                                                                                                       Subfamily Homininaeᵀ Gray, 1825
                |                                                                                                                                         Tribe Homininiᵀ Gray, 1825
                |                                                                                                                                           Subtribe Homininaᵀ Gray, 1825
                |                                                                                                                                             Genus Homoᵀ Linnaeus, 1758 - people
                |                                                                                                                                               Homo sapiensᵀ Linnaeus, 1758 - human
                 Clade natates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade photaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                     Clade eucorta Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                       Superkingdom Corticata Lankester, 1878 - corticates
                         Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
                           Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981) - green plants
                             Infrakingdom Streptophyta Caval.-Sm. (1993)
                               Clade Phragmoplastophyta Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Hall, McCourt, Delwiche, Mishler & Karol 2020]
                                 Clade Embryophytaᵀ Engler 1887 [Mishler & Qiu 2020]
                                   Clade Pan-Tracheophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                     Clade Apo-Tracheophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                       [crown] Phylum Tracheophytaᵀ Sinnott ex Caval.-Sm. (1998) - vascular plants
                                         Clade Pan-Euphyllophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                           Clade Euphyllophytaᵀ Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                             Clade Pan-Spermatophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                               Clade Lignophytaᵀ Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.
                                                 Clade Apo-Spermatophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                                   [crown] Subphylum Spermatophytinaᵀ Caval.-Sm. (1998) - seed plants
                                                     Clade Pan-Angiospermae Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Doyle, Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                                       [crown] Class Magnoliopsidaᵀ Brongn. (1843)
                                                         Clade Mesangiospermaeᵀ Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                           Clade Tricolpataeᵀ Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                             Clade Eudicotyledoneaeᵀ Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                               Clade Gunneridaeᵀ Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2007 [Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2020]
                                                                 Clade Pentapetalaeᵀ Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2007 [Soltis, Soltis & Judd 2020]
                                                                   Clade Superasteridaeᵀ Judd, Soltis & Soltis 2011 [Judd, Soltis & Soltis 2020]
                                                                     Superorder Asteranaeᵀ Takht. (1967)
                                                                       Order Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)
                                                                         Family Ericaceaeᵀ Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - heath family
                                                                           Subfamily Ericoideaeᵀ Arn.
                                                                             Tribe Ericeaeᵀ DC. ex Duby (1828)
                                                                               Genus Ericaᵀ L. (1753) - heaths
                                                                                 Erica arborea L. - briar root
                                                                                 Erica ciliaris L. (1753)
                                                                                 Erica cinereaᵀ L. - Scotch heath
                                                                                 Notho Erica ×darleyensis
                                                                                 Erica erigena R.Ross (1969)
                                                                                 Erica gracilis J.C.Wendl. (1798)
                                                                                 Erica herbacea L. (1753)
                                                                                 Erica hiemalis
                                                                                 Erica lusitanica K. Rudolphi - Spanish heath
                                                                                 Erica scoparia L.
                                                                                 Erica spiculifolia Salisb.
                                                                                 Erica tetralix L. - crossleaf heath
                                                                                 Erica vagans L. - Cornish heath
                                                                                 Notho Erica ×veitchii Bean (1905)
                                                                                 Erica ventricosa Thunb. (1785)
                                                                                 Notho Erica ×williamsii
                                                                                 Erica wilmorei

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