Greek cyathodes—cup-like; referring to the shape of the 5-toothed disk.
Erect or prostrate shrubs. Leaves alternate, often enclosing one-another, sometimes in false whorls, the lower surface whitish. Flowers axillary, solitary or occasionally in clusters, small and on short stalks. Floral tube with spreading or bent-back lobes, inner surface hairy or not. Stamens attached near the mouth of the flower. Ovary with 3-10 chambers, each with 1 ovule. Fruit a succulent often brightly coloured drupe.
Cool climate plants.
Cuttings, but difficult.
Leaves in dense clusters, whitish below.
Australia (10 species, all occurring in Tasmania) New Zealand, Pacific, New Guinea.
Source: (1997). Epacridaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
