View source for Cliftonia ← Cliftonia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Cliftonia |accepted_authority=Banks ex C. F. Gaertner |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Suppl. Carp., |place=246, plate 225, fig. 5. 1807 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cyrillaceae;Cliftonia |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> |etymology=For William Clifton, vital dates unknown, first attorney general of Georgia (1754–1764), later Chief Justice of West Florida |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 367 |treatment_page=page 368 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, evergreen, often much-branched from base. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole present or absent; blade with prominent midrib and nearly imperceptible lateral veins on both surfaces. <b>Inflorescences</b> produced at distal ends of branchlets of previous season, developing before shoot growth of current season begins, 2–6 cm; bract caducous. <b>Pedicels</b>: bracteoles caducous, 2. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals broadly deltate to oblong, apex obtuse to rounded; petals spatulate to obovate, base weakly clawed, apex rounded; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5, outer whorl antisepalous; filaments basally flattened and petaloid; ovary 3–5-locular; ovules 1 per locule; stigma 3–5-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> samaralike, 2–5-winged, broadly ellipsoid. <b>Seeds</b> usually absent, sometimes 1–5.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se United States. |discussion=<p>Species 1: se United States.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cliftonia |authority=Banks ex C. F. Gaertner |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cyrillaceae |distribution=se United States. |reference=None |publication title=Suppl. Carp., |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_710.xml |genus=Cliftonia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cyrillaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cyrillaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Cliftonia.