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Polyclita

Polyclita is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae. It only contains one known species, Polyclita turbinata <small>(Kuntze) A.C.Sm.</small>

It is native to Bolivia.

The genus name of Polyclita is in honour of Polykleitos (c. 480 BC – end of the 5th century BC), a Greek sculptor of bronzes (copies of which probably persist as Roman marble statues). The Latin specific epithet of turbinata means shaped like a top, from turbineus. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.63 on page 314 in 1936.

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