Cyrillaceae

Cyrillaceae
Cyrilla racemiflora in Myrtle Beach, SC
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Cyrillaceae Endl.
Genera
Cliftonia Cyrilla

Cyrillaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The family comprises two genera, each with a single species, Cyrilla racemiflora and Cliftonia monophylla.

In the past, many botanists included a third genus Purdiaea in the family, though recent research has shown this genus is better placed in the closely related family Clethraceae (Anderberg & Zhang 2002).

References

• Cyrillaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cyrillaceae
• Anderberg, A. A. & Zhang, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrillaceae and Clethraceae (Ericales) with special emphasis on the genus Purdiaea. Organisms, Div. & Evol. 2: 127–137.