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Cyrilla
Sign in to saveCyrilla 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.
Species
Genus
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderManzanellida
- FamilyNucinellidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 121
- With media
- 87
- Family
- Cyrillaceae
- Collections
- UCONN, MO, CAS, UCR, UF, NY
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guyana, Venezuela, United States, Colombia, Brazil, Panama
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyrillaceae
- Image
- CyrillaRacemosa.jpg
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- Cyrilla
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cyrilla
- taxon common name
- 翅萼木属
- Commons category
- Cyrilla
- taxonomic type
- Cyrilla racemiflora
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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.
==Habitat== Can be found in rainforests, swamps, along streams, bogs, bayheads, backwaters, wet prairies, low pinelands, pocosins, flatwood depressions, preferring acidic, sandy, or peaty soils.
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