Family CN: Tea Family Family Code: THEACE Family Parent: [in ERICALES] Family Authority: D. Don 1825 Summary: With a more circumscribed definition (excluding Pentaphylacaceae), a family of about 9 genera and 450 species, trees and shrubs, of primarily tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. Reference: Prince in FNA (2009); Prince & Parks (2001); Stevens, Dressler, & Weitzman in Kubitzki (2004). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1