Cyrilla racemiflora, the sole species in the genus Cyrilla, is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southeastern United States (coastal areas from southeastern Texas east to southeastern Virginia), south through the Caribbean, Mexico (Oaxaca only) and Central America to northern Brazil and Venezuela in South America.[2] Common names include swamp cyrilla, swamp titi,[3] palo colorado,[2] red titi,[4] black titi,[4] white titi,[4] leatherwood,[4] ironwood,[4] he huckleberry,[4] and myrtle.[4]
Can be found in rainforests, swamps, along streams, bogs, bayheads, backwaters, wet prairies, low pinelands, pocosins, flatwood depressions, preferring acidic, sandy, or peaty soils.
In tropical rainforests, it is a large tree growing to 15 metres (49 ft) or more tall and greater than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter, but only a shrub to 4 metres (13 ft) tall in temperate regions at the northern edge of its range. It is most recognizable from its white flowers which are noticeable on the plant during the summer months. It is primarily evergreen, but during the autumn months some of the leaves turn a brilliant red before falling, and plants at the northern edge of its range tend to be deciduous. The leaves are alternate, simple, oblanceolate to oval, rounded or pointed at the tip, narrowed to the base, thick, without teeth, smooth, sometimes nearly evergreen, reticulate-veined, 4–10 centimetres (2–4 in) long and 1.2–3 centimetres (15⁄32–1+3⁄16 in) broad. The flowers are crowded in 8–15 centimetres (3–6 in) long racemes borne on the previous year's twigs; each flower is 5–10 millimetres (3⁄16–13⁄32 in) diameter, with five white petals, and is subtended by a slender bract. The fruit is a yellow-brown capsule 2–3 millimetres (5⁄64–15⁄128 in) long. The bark of large individuals is a reddish-brown colored thin bark often shaggy in appearance. The bark of smaller individuals is gray to brown, smoothish and lightly fissured.
Although generally treated as a single variable species, some botanists in the past have split Cyrilla racemiflora into several species. Synonyms include C. antillana, C. arida, C. brevifolia, C. caroliniana, C. cubensis, C. fuscata, C. nipensis, C. nitidissima, C. parvifolia, C. perrottetii, C. polystachia.
Cyrilla racemiflora, the sole species in the genus Cyrilla, is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southeastern United States (coastal areas from southeastern Texas east to southeastern Virginia), south through the Caribbean, Mexico (Oaxaca only) and Central America to northern Brazil and Venezuela in South America. Common names include swamp cyrilla, swamp titi, palo colorado, red titi, black titi, white titi, leatherwood, ironwood, he huckleberry, and myrtle.
Cyrilla racemiflora, es la única especie de plantas en el género Cyrilla; es una fanerógama de la familia de las Cyrillaceae, nativa de regiones templadas a tropicales de América, desde el sudeste de EE. UU. (áreas costeras desde el sudeste de Texas, este a sudeste de Virginia), sur a través del Caribe, México (Oaxaca) y América Central al norte de Brasil y Colombia. En la zona de Vueltabajo en Cuba recibe el nombre común de llorona.[1]
Crece en pantanos, a lo largo de corrientes, bahías, praderas encharcadas, depresiones, prefiriendo suelos ácidos, arenosos. En los trópicos, es un pequeño árbol hasta de 10 m o más de altura, pero también un arbusto de hasta 4 m en regiones templadas. Se la reconoce por sus flores blancas muy vistosas en los meses de verano. Es básicamente siempreverde, pero en el otoño algunas hojas tornasolean a brillantes rojos antes de caer, y las plantas en esas áreas templadas secomportan como deciduos.
Las hojas son alternas, simples, oblanceoladas a ovales, angostas en la base, gruesas, sin dentados, glabras, a veces cercanas a siempreverdes, de vainas reticuladas, de 4 a 10 cm de longitud y de 1, 2 a 3 cm de ancho. Las flores son compuestas en racimos de 8 a 15 cm de longitud, en las ramas del previo año; cada flor tiene 5 a 10 mm de diámetro, con cinco pétalos blancos, y mantenidas por una bráctea. El fruto es una cápsula amarillo marrón de 2 a 3 mm de long.
A pesar de ser generalmente tratada como una sola especie, algunos botánicos en el pasado habían dividido Cyrilla racemiflora en varias especies. Los sinónimos incluyen C. antillana, C. arida, C. brevifolia, C. caroliniana, C. cubensis, C. fuscata, C. nipensis, C. nitidissima, C. parvifolia, C. perrottetii, C. polystachia.
Cyrilla racemiflora fue descrita por Carlos Linneo y publicado en Systema Naturae, ed. 12 2: 182. 1767.[2]
Cyrilla racemiflora, es la única especie de plantas en el género Cyrilla; es una fanerógama de la familia de las Cyrillaceae, nativa de regiones templadas a tropicales de América, desde el sudeste de EE. UU. (áreas costeras desde el sudeste de Texas, este a sudeste de Virginia), sur a través del Caribe, México (Oaxaca) y América Central al norte de Brasil y Colombia. En la zona de Vueltabajo en Cuba recibe el nombre común de llorona.
Cyrilla é um género botânico pertencente à família Cyrillaceae[1].
Cyrilla é um género botânico pertencente à família Cyrillaceae.
Cyrilla là một chi thực vật có hoa trong họ Cyrillaceae.[1][2]
Chi Cyrilla gồm các loài:
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