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Lyonia (Ericaceae)
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Lyonia is a genus of flowering plant
in the family Ericaceae
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Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the family Ericaceae
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
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Species include:
- Lyonia ellipticaLyonia ellipticaLyonia elliptica is a species of plant in the Ericaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- Lyonia jamaicensisLyonia jamaicensisLyonia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the Ericaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- Lyonia ligustrina
- Lyonia maestrensisLyonia maestrensisLyonia maestrensis is a species of plant in the Ericaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba.-Source:* Areces-Mallea, A.E. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- Lyonia octandraLyonia octandraLyonia octandra is a species of plant in the Ericaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
- Lyonia truncataLyonia truncataLyonia truncata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known as Dominican staggerbush.One variety, var. proctorii, Proctor's staggerbush, is a rare plant endemic to Puerto Rico. It is federally listed as an endangered species by the United States government....