Biology:Hirtella

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Short description: Genus of plants

Hirtella
Hirtella santosii Prance (15663751651).jpg
Hirtella santosii, Bahia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Hirtella
L.
Type species
Hirtella americana
Synonyms[1]
  • Tachibota Aubl.
  • Causea Scop.
  • Salmasia Schreb. 1789, illegitimate superfluous name, not Bubani 1873 (syn of Aira in Poaceae)
  • Brya Vell. 1829, illegitimate homonym, not P. Browne 1756 (Fabaceae)
  • Sphenista Raf.
  • Zamzela Raf.

Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae.[2] It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4][5][6] Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar .[1][7][8] The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.[9]

Species

Hirtella racemosa, Belize

List of accepted species according to Kew:[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Hirtella L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326035-2. 
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 34 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Hirtella L.
  5. Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  6. Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184.
  7. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Erythroxylaceae a Icacinaceae. 3(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  8. Prance, G. T. 1976. Additions to neotropical Chrysobalanaceae. Brittonia 28(2): 209–230
  9. Prance, Ghillean T. (July 2007). "Flora da Reserva Ducke, Amazonas, Brasil: Chrysobalanaceae". Rodriguésia 58 (3): 493–531. doi:10.1590/2175-7860200758303. ISSN 2175-7860. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3005143 entry