Eliea

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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 articulatumLam.

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]

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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 articulatumLam. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Ravololomanana, N. 2020. Eliea articulata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T70102529A70111211. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T70102529A70111211.en. Accessed on 23 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eliea articulata (Lam.) Cambess". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ↑ CJB, CJB, DSIC, Cyrille Chatelain -. "CJB - African plant database - Detail". www.ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 2018-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 3 Don, G.; Miller, P. (1831). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, and Arranged According to the Natural System. C. J. G. and F. Rivington.
  5. ↑ "Hypericum articulatum Lam". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Eliea articulata (Lam.) Cambess". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Eliea Cambess". www.tropicos.org. Tropicos Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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