| Eliea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Hypericaceae |
| Tribe: | Cratoxyleae |
| Genus: | Eliea Cambess. |
| Species: | E. articulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eliea articulata (Lam.) Cambess. | |
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Eliea is a genus of flowering plants, shrubs or small trees, in the St. Johnswort family, Hypericaceae. It comprises a single species, Eliea articulata, which is endemic to Madagascar.
Description
It is a small shrub growing up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in height with jointed branches and opposite leaves. The flowers have five petals, numerous stamens, and three styles.
Taxonomy
The genus was named in honor of M. Elie de Beaumont. Eliea articulata was originally described as Hypericum articulatum Lam. in 1797. It was renamed Eliea articulata in 1830, published in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles.
Eliea brevistyla and Eliea majorifolia are considered synonyms in Kew's Plants of the World Online and the Tropicos Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar.
References
- ^ "Eliea articulata (Lam.) Cambess". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- CJB, CJB, DSIC, Cyrille Chatelain -. "CJB - African plant database - Detail". www.ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Don, G.; Miller, P. (1831). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, and Arranged According to the Natural System. C. J. G. and F. Rivington.
- "Hypericum articulatum Lam". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- "Eliea articulata (Lam.) Cambess". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- "Eliea Cambess". www.tropicos.org. Tropicos Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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| Eliea | |
| Eliea articulata | |