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|accepted_name=Corema
|accepted_authority=D. Don
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Edinburgh New Philos. J.
|place=2: 63. 1826 ,
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|common_names=Broom crowberry;corème
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Corema
|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>[[Corema]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek, korema, broom, alluding to growth form
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 374, 490
|treatment_page=page 489
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, (aromatic). <b>Stems</b> erect, (branches ascending); old twigs rough with persistent leaf bases, young twigs hairy. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, opposite or whorled; petiole present; blade coriaceous, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal capitula (on current year’s growth), 3–7[–9]-flowered; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual (dioecious), radially symmetric; sepals 4–5, distinct; petals absent [3–4, distinct]; stamens [2–]3–4, exserted; anthers without awns, longitudinally dehiscent; ovary 3–5-locular; style exserted; stigma linear. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous, [white to pink] (gray), globose, dry [fleshy]. <b>Seeds</b> (pyrenes) 3–5, planoconvex, not winged, not tailed; testa smooth. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America;sw Europe;Atlantic Islands (Azores).
|discussion=<p>Tuckermania Klotzsch</p><!--
--><p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Corema was traditionally included in Empetraceae; phylogenetic studies based on morphological and molecular characters (A. A. Anderberg 1994c; K. A. Kron et al. 2002; Li J. H. et al. 2002) indicate that Empetraceae are nested within a monophyletic Ericaceae and that Ceratiola + Corema are in a lineage distinct from Empetrum. Previous authors recommended its inclusion within the Ericaceae based on comparative morphology and embryology (C. E. Wood Jr. and R. B. Channell 1959). Corema differs from Empetrum and Ceratiola by lacking petals and in having fewer seeds per fruit than Empetrum (six to nine), but more than Ceratiola (two). The capitate, terminal inflorescences (condensed racemes) of Corema differ from the axillary, solitary flowers of Empetrum and the axillary, three- to four-flowered, cymose clusters of Ceratiola. The genus has an amphi-Atlantic distribution; Corema album (Linnaeus) D. Don occurs in the Iberian peninsula and the Azores.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=brown1913a
|text=Brown, S. 1913. Corema conradii. Bartonia 6: 1–7.
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|id=dunwoodie1990a
|text=Dunwoodie, P. W. 1990. Rare plants in coastal heathlands: Observations on Corema conradii (Empetraceae) and Helianthemum dumosum (Cistaceae). Rhodora 92: 22–26.
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|id=martine2005a
|text=Martine, C. T., D. Lubertazi, and A. DuBrul. 2005. The biology of Corema conradii: Natural history, reproduction, and observations of a post-fire seedling recruitment. N. E. Naturalist 12: 267–286.
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name=Corema
|author=Wayne J. Elisens
|authority=D. Don
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=e North America;sw Europe;Atlantic Islands (Azores).
|reference=brown1913a;dunwoodie1990a;martine2005a
|publication title=Edinburgh New Philos. J.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Corema
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