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|accepted_name=Elliottia
|accepted_authority=Muhlenberg ex Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=1: 448. 1817 ,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Elliottia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elliottia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Stephen Elliott, 1771–1830, American botanist and banker
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 370, 372, 374, 449
|treatment_page=page 473
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees. <b>Stems</b> erect; twigs glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous [persistent], alternate, sometimes seemingly whorled; petiole present; blade subcoriaceous, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal racemes, panicles, or cymes, 2–80-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals [3–]5, ± distinct; petals 4–5, distinct or connate to 1/4 their lengths, corolla deciduous, rotate; stamens 8(–10), exserted; anthers without awns, dehiscent laterally; ovary 5–6-locular; style exserted; stigma expanded, discoid. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, spheroidal or oblate-spheroidal, dehiscence ± septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 30–100, ovoid, flattened, not tailed, sometimes winged; testa pitted. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=se;w North America;e Asia (Japan).
|discussion=<p>Cladothamnus Bongard; Tripetaleia Siebold & Zuccarini</p><!--
--><p>Species 4 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Although Cladothamnus, <i>Elliottia</i>, and Tripetaleia were long treated as distinct genera, B. A. Bohm et al. (1978) concluded that they should be merged in a single genus. This was followed by P. F. Stevens et al. (2004). The two species endemic to Japan are E. bracteata Bentham & Hooker f. and <i>E. paniculata</i> Bentham & Hooker f.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs, 0.5-3 m; inflorescences solitary flowers or cymes; petals pinkish to copper colored.
|[[Elliottia pyroliflora|Elliottia pyroliflora]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs or trees, (2-)3-5(-12) m; inflorescences racemose or paniculate; petals white.
|[[Elliottia racemosa|Elliottia racemosa]]
|}
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name=Elliottia
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Muhlenberg ex Elliott
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=se;w North America;e Asia (Japan).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_924.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Elliottia
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