Elliottia
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Elliottia is a genus of plants in the Ericaceae
. Although Cladothamnus, Elliottia, and Tripetaleia were long treated as distinct genera, B. A. Bohm et al. (1978) concluded that they should be merged in a single genus.
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
. Although Cladothamnus, Elliottia, and Tripetaleia were long treated as distinct genera, B. A. Bohm et al. (1978) concluded that they should be merged in a single genus.
Species
The genus contains the following species:- Elliottia pyroliflorus
- Elliottia racemosaElliottia racemosaElliottia racemosa is a rarely occurring species of shrub or sometimes small tree. The shrub or tree has leaves that are three to four inches long and one to two inches wide, white flowers with four petals, and dry fruit. The species' habitat are moist stream banks to dry ridges that are usually...