| Cyrilla | |
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| Cyrilla racemiflora in Myrtle Beach, SC | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Cyrillaceae |
| Genus: | Cyrilla Garden |
| Species: | C. racemiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrilla racemiflora | |
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| Natural range within the continental part of the United States | |
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.[2] Common names include swamp cyrilla, swamp titi,[3] palo colorado,[2] red titi,[4] black titi,[4] white titi,[4] leatherwood,[4] ironwood,[4] he-huckleberry,[4] and myrtle.[4]
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Cyrilla racemiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144305218A149044478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144305218A149044478.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Little, Elbert Luther; Wadsworth, Frank H. (1964). Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / by Elbert L. Little, Jr., and Frank H. Wadsworth. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4135.
- ^ "PLANTS Profile for Cyrilla racemiflora L."
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cyrilla racemiflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 December 2017.