Ericaceae

Lyonia Nutt.

First published in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 266 (1818), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Pakistan to Japan and Peninsula Malaysia, Central & E. U.S.A. to Mexico, Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Hainan, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan, Kentucky, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malaya, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Nepal, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

  • Xolisma Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 183 (1819)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Ekman, E.L. [13861] Dominican Republic K000494468 Type Yes
Linden [1778] Cuba K000494487 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Puerto Rico K:SPC-77275.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0