Leucothoe D.Don

Commemorating the daughter of King Orchamur of Babylon.

Softwood cuttings, layers, seed or divisions in suckering species.

Flowers urn-shaped; leaves minutely toothed; sepals overlapping.

About 44 species from N and S America, Himalaya, E Asia and Madagascar.

Ingram (1979).

Rarely cultivated species are included in the key but not described in the text.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Ericaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
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