Ericaceae in Rio Grande do Sul state, Southern Brazil Author Dalastra, Claudenice Hilda 0000-0002-2129-7806 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 Campus do Vale, Bairro Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS 91501 - 970, Brazil & dalastra. ch @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2129 - 7806 dalastra.ch@gmail.com Author Heiden, Gustavo 0000-0002-0046-6500 Embrapa Clima Temperado, Caixa Postal 403, Rodovia BR- 392, Km 78, 9 º Distrito, Monte Bonito, Pelotas, RS 96010 - 971, Brazil. & gustavo. heiden @ embrapa. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0046 - 6500 gustavo.heiden@embrapa.br text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-09-16 564 2 149 190 journal article 147244 10.11646/phytotaxa.564.2.2 fd4a95bb-57e6-4ea9-98be-f97c1c5db19d 1179-3163 7087201 Key to the Genera of Ericaceae in Rio Grande do Sul state , Brazil 1. Leaf blade with apical callous gland; ovary inferior; fruit drupoid (nuculanium) ........................................................... Gaylussacia - Leaf blade without apical callous gland; ovary superior; fruit a capsule ...........................................................................................2 2. Leaf apex mucronulate, venation reticulodromous; anthers truncate, the filaments geniculate; fruiting calyces dry, obscure, the capsule naked.......................................................................................................................................................................... Agarista - Leaf apex acute without mucro or callous gland, venation brochidodromous; anthers bifid, the filaments erect; fruiting calyces fleshy, surrounding the capsule .......................................................................................................................................... Gaultheria