Which plant genus, Cleyera or Clintonia was named after De Witt Clinton?
Clintonia Clintonia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1818. It is distributed across North America and eastern Asia where it is found as an understory plant in woodlands. It was named after De Witt Clinton, an 18th-century botanist and U.S. politician.
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.