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|accepted_name=Ceratiola
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 221. 1803 ,
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|common_names=Sand heath;Florida rosemary
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Ceratiola
|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>[[Ceratiola]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek keration, little horn, alluding to style branches
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 374, 489
|treatment_page=page 490
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, (dioecious, aromatic). <b>Stems</b> erect, (diffusely branched; branches numerous, ascending); old twigs rough with persistent leaf bases, young twigs tomentose. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, whorled; petiole present; blade coriaceous, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, fascicles, 2–3-flowered; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual (dioecious), radially symmetric; sepals 2(–3), distinct; petals 2(–3), distinct, corolla persistent, ovoid; stamens 2, exserted; anthers without awns, longitudinally dehiscent; ovary 2-locular; style exserted, straight; stigma linear. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous, globose, dry. <b>Seeds</b> (pyrenes) 2, planoconvex, not winged, not tailed; testa ± smooth. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=se United States.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: se United States.</p><!--
--><p><i>Ceratiola</i> was treated formerly within Empetraceae, along with <i>Corema</i> and <i>Empetrum</i>. Phylogenetic studies based on morphological and molecular data (A. A. Anderberg 1994c; K. A. Kron et al. 2002; Li J. H. et al. 2002) indicate that the <i>Empetrum</i> and <i>Ceratiola</i> + <i>Corema</i> lineages form a monophyletic group nested consistently within <i>Ericaceae</i>. The phylogenetic relationship between <i>Ceratiola</i> and the North American species of <i>Corema</i> is not resolved fully, and molecular data suggest possible ancestral hybridization events between <i>Ceratiola ericoides</i> and <i>Corema conradii</i> (Li et al.). <i>Ceratiola</i> differs from <i>Corema</i> by having two to three flowers in leaf axils, petals present, and two seeds per fruit. <i>Empetrum</i> is distinguished readily from <i>Ceratiola</i> by having solitary flowers in leaf axils and six to nine carpels and a corresponding number of seeds per fruit.</p><!--
--><p>Species 1</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=johnson1982a
|text=Johnson, A. F. 1982b. Some demographic characteristics of the Florida rosemary Ceratiola ericoides Michx. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 108: 170–174.
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name=Ceratiola
|author=Wayne J. Elisens
|authority=Michaux
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=se United States.
|reference=johnson1982a
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Ceratiola
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