Periclesia
Genus of flowering plants
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Periclesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Periclesia flexuosa A.C.Sm. It is also with the Vaccinioideae subfamily and the Vaccinieae tribe.[3]
| Periclesia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Periclesia A.C.Sm. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ceratostema flexuosum (A.C.Sm.) J.F.Macbr. | |
It is native to Ecuador.[1]
The genus name of Periclesia is in honour of Pericles (c. 490 BC – 429 BC), a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens.[4] The Latin specific epithet of flexuosa refers to flexuosus meaning twisted.[5] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.28 on page 357 in 1932.[1]
The genus is not recognised by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, they list it as a synonym of Ceratostema Juss.[6]