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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cassiope''
| image = Bellheather1.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = ''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cassiope'''''
| genus_authority = [[David Don|D.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Cassiope ericoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope fastigiata]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope hypnoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope lycopodioides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope mertensiana]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope selaginoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope stelleriana]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope wardii]]''
}}
'''''Cassiope''''' is a [[genus]] of 9-12 small [[shrub]]by [[species]] in the family [[Ericaceae]]. They are native to the [[Arctic]] and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include [[heather]] and [[heath]].
The genus is named after [[Cassiopeia (mythology)|Cassiopeia]] of Greek mythology.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
{{Ericales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cassiope''
| image = Bellheather1.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| image_caption = ''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cassiope'''''
| genus_authority = [[David Don|D.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Cassiope ericoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope fastigiata]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope hypnoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope lycopodioides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope mertensiana]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope selaginoides]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope stelleriana]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope tetragona]]''<br/>
''[[Cassiope wardii]]''
}}
'''''Cassiope''''' is a [[genus]] of 9-12 small [[shrub]]by [[species]] in the family [[Ericaceae]]. They are native to the [[Arctic]] and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include [[heather]] and [[heath]].
The genus is named after [[Cassiopeia (mythology)|Cassiopeia]] of Greek mythology.
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
{{Ericales-stub}}
