View source for Cliftonia monophylla

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|accepted_name=Cliftonia monophylla
|accepted_authority=(Lamarck) Britton ex Sargent
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Silva
|place=2: 7. 1891 ,
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|common_names=Buckwheat tree;black titi
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ptelea monophylla
|authority=Lamarck
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl.
|publication_place=1: 336. 1792
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyrillaceae;Cliftonia;Cliftonia monophylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyrillaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cliftonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cliftonia monophylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 368
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;stand density"><b>Plants </b>to 15 m, often forming dense stands.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole presence;petiole height or length or size"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole absent or relatively short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade coloration;blade coloration;blade shape;blade length;blade width;blade texture;base shape;base shape;apex shape">blade bluish white abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2.5–10 × 1.2–1.8 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, narrowed to petiole, apex acute to obtuse or shallowly emarginate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="flower odor"><b>Flowers </b>fragrant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal some measurement">petals white or pink, 6–8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="fruit some measurement"><b>Fruits </b>5–7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Acidic soils in seepage bogs ("hillside bogs," "pitcher-plant bogs"), along blackwater streams, depressions in pine savannas
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>The common name “buckwheat tree” alludes to the resemblance of the fruits with those of Fagopyrum (Polygonaceae). Cliftonia monophylla is a coastal plain endemic that forms dense patches of trees, except in sites that are burned frequently, where it is shrubby.</p>
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name=Cliftonia monophylla
|authority=(Lamarck) Britton ex Sargent
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Ptelea monophylla
|family=Cyrillaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Acidic soils in seepage bogs ("hillside bogs," "pitcher-plant bogs"), along blackwater streams, depressions in pine savannas
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Silva
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_711.xml
|genus=Cliftonia
|species=Cliftonia monophylla
|apex shape=acute;obtuse or shallowly emarginate
|base shape=narrowed;cuneate
|blade coloration=green;bluish white
|blade length=2.5cm;10cm
|blade shape=elliptic;oblanceolate
|blade texture=coriaceous
|blade width=1.2cm;1.8cm
|flower odor=fragrant
|fruit some measurement=5mm;7mm
|petal coloration=pink;white
|petal some measurement=6mm;8mm
|petiole height or length or size=short
|petiole presence=absent
|stand density=dense
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism some measurement=0m;15m
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