Which plant genus, Cleyera or Clintonia was named after De Witt Clinton?
Cleyera Cleyera is a plant genus consisting of 18 species of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native to Mexico and Central America, and one from Eastern Asia. In the APG III system it is placed in the family Pentaphylacaceae.
Clusiella Clusiella is a plant genus of the family Calophyllaceae. When Planchon and Triana first published it in 1860, based on "Clusiella elegans", the genus was considered monotypic and remained as such for about 100 years.