Overview
Cyrillaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The family comprises two genera, each with a single species, Cyrilla racemiflora and .
In the past, many botanists included a third genus Purdiaea in the family, though recent research has shown this genus is better placed in the closely related family Clethraceae (Anderberg & Zhang 2002).
- Cyrillaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cyrillaceae
- Anderberg, A. A. & Zhang, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrillaceae and Clethraceae (Ericales) with special emphasis on the genus Purdiaea. Organisms, Div. & Evol. 2: 127?137.
Taxonomy
The Family Cyrillaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Bombinae
- Tribe (1): Bombini
- Genus (5): Cliftonia · Cyrilla · Mylocaryum · Schizocardia · Stachyanthemum
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Cyrillaceae.
Genera
Cliftonia
Cyrilla
Cyrilla racemiflora, the sole species in the genus Cyrilla, is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southeastern United States (coastal areas from southeastern Texas east to southeastern Virginia), south through the Caribbean, Mexico (Oaxaca only) and Central America to northern Brazil and Colombia in South America. Common names include swamp cyrilla, red titi,black titi, white titi, leatherwood, ironwood, he huckleberry, and myrtle. [more]
Mylocaryum
Schizocardia
Stachyanthemum
More info about the Genus Stachyanthemum may be found here.
References
- Cyrillaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cyrillaceae
- Anderberg, A. A. & Zhang, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrillaceae and Clethraceae (Ericales) with special emphasis on the genus Purdiaea. Organisms, Div. & Evol. 2: 127–137.
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