''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020

/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native to Mexico and Central America, and one from Eastern Asia. In the

APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fur ...

it is placed in the family

Pentaphylacaceae The Pentaphylacaceae are a small family of plants within the order Ericales. In the APG III system of 2009, it includes the former family Ternstroemiaceae. Genera In 2014, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website included 14 genera in the family: Plant ...

. The botanical name is derived from Andrew Cleyer, a Dutch physician of the seventeenth century. The plants are grown for specimen accent hedges or mixed border landscapes. Though they are slow-growing, they can eventually reach 6–10 ft (1.8-3m). The plants grow densely upright with low spreading-branch habit, round-shaped form, and can be kept compact by occasionally tip-cutting. Leaves are glossy, oval-shaped, 6–10 cm long with dark-green and bronze-red to burgundy tinted young leaves. Very fragrant small creamy white to pale yellow flowers bloom in early summer with petals free or scarcely coalesced. The pollen can cause mild allergy symptoms. Fruits are spherical, greenish yellow, turning red to black.

Species

; Accepted species: * '' Cleyera albopunctata'' (Griseb.) Krug & Urb. * '' Cleyera bolleana'' (O.C.Schmidt) Kobuski * '' Cleyera cernua'' (Tul.) Kobuski * '' Cleyera costaricensis'' Kobuski * '' Cleyera cuspidata'' H.T.Chang & S.H.Shi * '' Cleyera ekmanii'' (O.C.Schmidt) Kobuski * '' Cleyera incornuta'' Y.C.Wu * '' Cleyera integrifolia'' (Benth.) Choisy * ''

Cleyera japonica ''Cleyera japonica'' (sakaki) is a flowering evergreen tree native to warm areas of Japan, Taiwan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India (Min and Bartholomew 2015). It can reach a height of 10 m. The leaves are 6–10 cm long, smooth, ...

'' Thunb. (syn. ''Cleyera ochnacea'') sakaki * '' Cleyera longicarpa'' (Yamam.) L.K. Ling * '' Cleyera matudai'' Kobuski * '' Cleyera neibensis'' Alain * '' Cleyera nimanimae'' (Tul.) Krug & Urb. * '' Cleyera obovata'' H.T.Chang * ''

Cleyera obscurinervia ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' (Merr. & Chun) H.T.Chang * '' Cleyera orbicularis'' Alain * '' Cleyera pachyphylla'' Chun ex H.T.Chang * '' Cleyera panamensis'' (Standl.) Kobuski * ''

Cleyera revoluta ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Kobuski * ''

Cleyera serrulata ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Choisy * ''

Cleyera skutchii ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Kobuski * ''

Cleyera tacanensis ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Kobuski * ''

Cleyera ternstroemioides ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' (O.C.Schmidt) Kobuski * ''

Cleyera theoides ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' (Sw.) Choisy * ''

Cleyera vaccinioides ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' (O.C.Schmidt) Kobuski * ''

Cleyera velutina ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' B.M.Barthol. * ''

Cleyera yangchunensis ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' L.K.Ling ; Unresolved species: * ''

Cleyera dubia ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Champ. ex Benth. * ''

Cleyera fragrans ''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...

'' Champ. ex Benth. * '' Cleyera gymnanthera'' Wight & Arn. * '' Cleyera millettii'' Hook. & Arn. * '' Cleyera pentapetala'' Spreng. ; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Cleyera elegans'', a synonym for ''

Freziera undulata ''Freziera undulata'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae. It is found in the Caribbean (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Saba, St. Kitts, Grenada, Martinique, St. Vincent). References External links ''Freziera undulata''a ...

References

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