View source for Elliottia ← Elliottia 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=Elliottia |accepted_authority=Muhlenberg ex Elliott |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina |place=1: 448. 1817 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Elliottia |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>[[Elliottia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Stephen Elliott, 1771–1830, American botanist and banker |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 370, 372, 374, 449 |treatment_page=page 473 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees. <b>Stems</b> erect; twigs glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous [persistent], alternate, sometimes seemingly whorled; petiole present; blade subcoriaceous, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal racemes, panicles, or cymes, 2–80-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals [3–]5, ± distinct; petals 4–5, distinct or connate to 1/4 their lengths, corolla deciduous, rotate; stamens 8(–10), exserted; anthers without awns, dehiscent laterally; ovary 5–6-locular; style exserted; stigma expanded, discoid. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, spheroidal or oblate-spheroidal, dehiscence ± septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 30–100, ovoid, flattened, not tailed, sometimes winged; testa pitted. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se;w North America;e Asia (Japan). |discussion=<p>Cladothamnus Bongard; Tripetaleia Siebold & Zuccarini</p><!-- --><p>Species 4 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Although Cladothamnus, <i>Elliottia</i>, and Tripetaleia were long treated as distinct genera, B. A. Bohm et al. (1978) concluded that they should be merged in a single genus. This was followed by P. F. Stevens et al. (2004). The two species endemic to Japan are E. bracteata Bentham & Hooker f. and <i>E. paniculata</i> Bentham & Hooker f.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Shrubs, 0.5-3 m; inflorescences solitary flowers or cymes; petals pinkish to copper colored. |[[Elliottia pyroliflora|Elliottia pyroliflora]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Shrubs or trees, (2-)3-5(-12) m; inflorescences racemose or paniculate; petals white. |[[Elliottia racemosa|Elliottia racemosa]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Elliottia |author=Gordon C. Tucker |authority=Muhlenberg ex Elliott |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=se;w North America;e Asia (Japan). |reference=None |publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_924.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae |genus=Elliottia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Ericaceae (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 Elliottia.