English: Cyrilla family.
Botany: 2 genera, 2 species,
Cyrilla racemiflora and Cliftonia monophylla; warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas; no mycorrhizal fungi.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Cyrillaceae is a family in
Ericales,
Clethraceae forms a monophyletic clade together with
Clethraceae and
Ericaceae.
In the
Plant theory Cyrillaceae is placed in
Subphase 2 in
Ericales.