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Species Name:    Lyonia lucida
Common Name:     

 (Fetterbush)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Plantae Magnoliophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Ericaceae Lyonia



Growth habit of the fetterbush, Lyonia lucida, a low shrub common to scrub and hammock areas.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.


Stem detail of Lyonia lucida.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.

Species Name:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

Common Name:
Fetterbush, fetterbush lyonia

Other Taxonomic Groupings:
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta
Subclass : Dilleniidae

Synonymy:
Desmothamnus lucidus, Neopieris nitida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Report by:  K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station
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