Erica L.
(bell heathers)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Erica carnea Winter Heath	Species	10 images
Erica ciliaris Dorset Heath	Species	3 images
Erica cinerea Bell Heather	Species	10 images
Erica mackaiana x tetralix = E. x stuartii a heath	Species hybrid		1 ident. refs
Erica tetralix Cross-leaved Heath	Species	12 images
Erica vagans Cornish Heath	Species	9 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Erica (bell heathers)
Family	ERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
Order	ERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Erica is also a member of:
Woody plants - subshrubs (via Ericaceae)
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ericaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Erica	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Erica (bell heathers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erica (bell heathers)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 59 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erica (bell heathers)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erica is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)