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|accepted_name=Cyrilla
|accepted_authority=Garden
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=12, 2: 182. 1767
|year=1767
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|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=1: 5, 50. 1767 ,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyrillaceae;Cyrilla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyrillaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cyrilla]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Dominico Cirillo, 1739–1799, Italian physician and professor of natural history, University of Naples
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 367
|treatment_page=page 369
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, deciduous or semi-evergreen, usually much-branched from base. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole present; blade with prominent midrib and clearly visible lateral veins on both surfaces. <b>Inflorescences</b> clustered at distal ends of branchlets of previous season, produced after shoot growth of current season begins, 6–18 cm; bract persistent. <b>Pedicels</b>: bracteoles persistent, 2. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals lanceolate-ovate, apex acute to acuminate; petals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, base not clawed, apex acute; stamens 5; filaments terete, somewhat expanded basally; ovary 2–3(–4)-locular; ovules 1–3 per locule; stigma 2–3(–4)-lobed. <b>Fruits</b> berrylike, unwinged, ovoid to subglobose. <b>Seeds</b> usually absent, sometimes 1–4.</span><!--

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|distribution=e;sc United States;s Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: e, sc United States, s Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n South America.</p><!--
--><p>Several species or varieties of <i>Cyrilla</i> have been distinguished on the basis of local variation in leaf and inflorescence size; most recent floristic treatments follow J. L. Thomas (1960) and recognize a single variable species.</p><!--
--><p>Species 1</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dute2004a
|text=Dute, R. R. et al. 2004. Floral anatomy and pollination biology of Cyrilla racemiflora (Cyrillaceae). SouthE. Naturalist 3: 309–326.
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name=Cyrilla
|authority=Garden
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyrillaceae
|distribution=e;sc United States;s Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|reference=dute2004a
|publication title=in C. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed.;Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1767;
|special status=
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|genus=Cyrilla
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