Periclesia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|taxon = Periclesia
|authority = A.C.Sm.
|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=190312-2 |title=Periclesia flexuosa A.C.Sm. |access-date=11 November 2021}}
|synonyms = Ceratostema flexuosum {{small|(A.C.Sm.) J.F.Macbr.}}
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Periclesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.{{cite web |title=Periclesia A.C.Sm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295201-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Periclesia flexuosa A.C.Sm. It is also with the Vaccinioideae subfamily and the Vaccinieae tribe.{{cite web |title=Tropicos {{!}} Name - Periclesia flexuosa A.C. Sm. |url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/12300856 |website=legacy.tropicos.org |access-date=11 November 2021}}
The genus name of Periclesia is in honour of Pericles (c. 490 BC – 429 BC), a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of flexuosa refers to flexuosus meaning twisted.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Vol.28 on page 357 in 1932.
The genus is not recognised by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, they list it as a synonym of Ceratostema {{small|Juss.}}{{cite web |title=Genus: Periclesia A. C. Sm. |url=http://www.narc.gov.jo/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=15846 |website=www.narc.gov.jo |access-date=11 November 2021}}