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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><i>Corema</i> 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 <i>Ericaceae</i> and that <i>Ceratiola</i> + <i>Corema</i> are in a lineage distinct from <i>Empetrum</i>. Previous authors recommended its inclusion within the <i>Ericaceae</i> based on comparative morphology and embryology (C. E. Wood Jr. and R. B. Channell 1959). <i>Corema</i> differs from <i>Empetrum</i> and <i>Ceratiola</i> by lacking petals and in having fewer seeds per fruit than <i>Empetrum</i> (six to nine), but more than <i>Ceratiola</i> (two). The capitate, terminal inflorescences (condensed racemes) of <i>Corema</i> differ from the axillary, solitary flowers of <i>Empetrum</i> and the axillary, three- to four-flowered, cymose clusters of <i>Ceratiola</i>. The genus has an amphi-Atlantic distribution; <i>Corema</i> 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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