Cliftonia
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Cliftonia monophylla, the buck-wheat tree, buckwheat tree or black titi, is a tree native to the southeastern United States. It is the sole species in the genus Cliftonia.
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It sits within the topics Ericales, Monotypic Ericales genera and NatureServe apparently secure species.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyrillaceae
- Image
- Cliftonia monophylla.jpg
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- taxon name
- Cliftonia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cliftonia
- taxon common name
- cliftonia
- Commons category
- Cliftonia
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Cliftonia monophylla, the buck-wheat tree, buckwheat tree or black titi, is a tree native to the southeastern United States. It is the sole species in the genus Cliftonia.
== Description == Cliftonia monophylla is a tree typically reaching a height of (some specimens grow to ) with a crooked, multi-stemmed form. It is an evergreen with dark, shiny, thick leaves and white to pinkish, fragrant flower clusters.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cliftonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.