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|accepted_name=Pleuricospora
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=7: 369. 1868 ,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Pleuricospora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pleuricospora]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pleurikos, of the side, and spora, sown seed, alluding to parietal placentation
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 396
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> achlorophyllous, heterotrophic. <b>Stems</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b> absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy but not fibrous, persistent after seed dispersal, cream to yellowish, 1.5–3 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, somewhat elongate in fruit; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric, erect; sepals 4, distinct, lanceolate to ovate; petals 4(–5), distinct, cream, without basal tubercles, (surfaces glabrous), corolla tubular-cylindric; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 8, included; filaments ± uniformly slender, glabrous; anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 longitudinal slits; pistil 4(–6)-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation intruded-parietal; style straight, slender; stigma crownlike, (2 mm diam.), without subtending ring of hairs. <b>Fruits</b> baccate, erect, fleshy, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 25–100, ovoid, not winged. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=w North America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: w North America.</p><!--
--><p>Species 1</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=copeland1937a
|text=Copeland, H. F. 1937. The reproductive structures of Pleuricospora. Madroño 4: 1–16.
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name=Pleuricospora
|author=Gary D. Wallace
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=w North America.
|reference=copeland1937a
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae
|genus=Pleuricospora
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