Family · Asterids

Cyrillaceae

Titi, leatherwood

Evergreen or deciduous shrubs and trees of American wetlands with slender flower racemes; two genera.

Accepted species: 11accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈62 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Cyrilla (swamp titi)
Cliftonia (buckwheat tree)

Genera

Cyrilla10 spp.
Cliftonia1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America10
Northern America2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Cyrillaceae sits in the order Ericales.