Heritiera
| Heritiera | |
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| Heritiera littoralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Heritiera Aiton |
| Species | |
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18 species, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Argyrodendron F.Muell. | |
Heritiera is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. They are dominant rainforest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for their timber and are overexploited.[2]
Selected species
- Heritiera aurea
- Heritiera borneensis
- Heritiera fomes
- Heritiera globosa
- Heritiera javanica
- Heritiera littoralis
- Heritiera longipetiolata
- Heritiera parvifolia
- Heritiera percoriacea
- Heritiera simplicifolia
- Heritiera sumatrana
- Heritiera utilis
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Heritiera |
- ↑ "Heritiera Aiton". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003). Molecular characterization of three Heritiera species using AFLP markers. Biologia Plantarum, 47(3), 445-448.
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