Eliea
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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.[1]
Eliea | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.[1] | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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The genus was named in honor of M. Elie de Beaumont.[3] Eliea articulata was originally described as Hypericum articulatum Lam. in 1797.[4] It was renamed Eliea articulata in 1830, published in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles.[5]
It is a small shrub growing up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in height with jointed branches and opposite leaves.[3] The flowers have five petals, numerous stamens, and three styles.[3]
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.[1][6]