Editing Ericales (section)

== Previously included families ==
These families are not recognized in the [[APG III system]]<ref name=APGIII2009/> but have been in common use in the recent past:
* Family [[Myrsinaceae]] ([[cyclamen]] and [[Anagallis arvensis|scarlet pimpernel]] family) → Primulaceae
* Family [[Pellicieraceae]] → Tetrameristaceae
* Family Maesaceae → Primulaceae
* Family Ternstroemiaceae → Pentaphylacaceae
* Family [[Theophrastaceae]] → Primulaceae

These make up an early diverging group of [[asterid]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bremer|first=Birgitta|author2=Kåre Bremera |author3=Nahid Heidaria |author4=Per Erixona |author5=Richard G. Olmsteadb |author6=Arne A. Anderbergc |author7=Mari Källersjöd |author8=Edit Barkhordarian |title=Phylogenetics of asterids based on 3 coding and 3 non-coding chloroplast DNA markers and the utility of non-coding DNA at higher taxonomic levels|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|date=August 2002|volume=24|issue=2|pages=274–301|doi=10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00240-3|pmid=12144762}}</ref> Under the [[Cronquist system]], the Ericales included a smaller group of plants, which were placed among the [[Dilleniidae]]:
* Family [[Ericaceae]]
* Family [[Cyrillaceae]]
* Family [[Clethraceae]]
* Family [[Grubbiaceae]]
* Family [[Empetraceae]]
* Family [[Epacridaceae]]
* Family [[Pyrolaceae]]
* Family [[Monotropaceae]]