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.[2]

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
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Eliea
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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.[2]
Synonyms[2][3]

Genus

  • Eliaea (orthographic variant)

Species

  • Hypericum articulatum Lam.
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Description

It is a small shrub growing up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in height with jointed branches and opposite leaves.[4] The flowers have five petals, numerous stamens, and three styles.[4]

Taxonomy

The genus was named in honor of M. Elie de Beaumont.[4] Eliea articulata was originally described as Hypericum articulatum Lam. in 1797.[5] It was renamed Eliea articulata in 1830, published in the Annales des Sciences Naturelles.[6]

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.[2][7]

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