View source for Cliftonia monophylla

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|accepted_name=Cliftonia monophylla
|accepted_authority=(Lamarck) Britton ex Sargent
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Silva
|place=2: 7. 1891 ,
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|common_names=Buckwheat tree;black titi
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ptelea monophylla
|authority=Lamarck
|publication_title=in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl.
|publication_place=1: 336. 1792
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyrillaceae;Cliftonia;Cliftonia monophylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyrillaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cliftonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cliftonia monophylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 368
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 15 m, often forming dense stands. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole absent or relatively short; blade bluish white abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2.5–10 × 1.2–1.8 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, narrowed to petiole, apex acute to obtuse or shallowly emarginate. <b>Flowers</b> fragrant; petals white or pink, 6–8 mm. <b>Fruits</b> 5–7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Acidic soils in seepage bogs ("hillside bogs," "pitcher-plant bogs"), along blackwater streams, depressions in pine savannas
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>The common name “buckwheat tree” alludes to the resemblance of the fruits with those of <i>Fagopyrum</i> (<i>Polygonaceae</i>). <i>Cliftonia monophylla</i> is a coastal plain endemic that forms dense patches of trees, except in sites that are burned frequently, where it is shrubby.</p>
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name=Cliftonia monophylla
|author=
|authority=(Lamarck) Britton ex Sargent
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Ptelea monophylla
|family=Cyrillaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Acidic soils in seepage bogs ("hillside bogs," "pitcher-plant bogs"), along blackwater streams, depressions in pine savannas
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Silva
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Cliftonia
|species=Cliftonia monophylla
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