Name: Epacridaceae.
Botany: Australia and New Zealand; acid soils; tough leaves with a sharp point; flowers fussy, hairs inside the petals.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Styphelioideae is a subfamily in the
Ericaceae.
Styphelioideae corresponds mostly with the old family Epacridaceae. Epacridaceae was included in
Ericaceae as DNA research showed that
Vaccinioideae are more closely related to the
Styphelioideae, Epacridaceae, than to other
Ericaceae.
In the
Plant theory Styphelioideae is placed in
Subphase 5 in
Ericales.