''Hamelia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
coffee
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S ...
family
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,
Rubiaceae
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. The name honors French botanist
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (20 July 1700, Paris13 August 1782, Paris), was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist.
Biography
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau was born in Paris in 1700, the son of Alexandre Duhamel, lord of Denain ...
(1700–1782).
Selected species
* ''
Hamelia axillaris''
Sw. – Guayabo Negro
* ''
Hamelia cuprea''
Griseb.
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879.
Biography
Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ...
* ''
Hamelia macrantha''
Little
* ''
Hamelia papillosa''
Urb.
Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban s ...
(
Jamaica
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)
* ''
Hamelia patens
''Hamelia patens'' is a large perennial shrub or small tree in the family Rubiaceae, that is native to the American subtropics and tropics. Its range extends from Florida in the southern United States
The Southern United States (sometimes D ...
''
Jacq. – Firebush (
American
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tropics
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and
subtropics
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)
**''Hamelia patens'' var. ''glabra''
Oerst.
**''Hamelia patens'' var. ''patens''
References
External links
Rubiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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