''Heritiera'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

, subfamily

Sterculioideae Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. A 2006 molecular study indicated the Sterculioideae was most likely to be a monophyletic group, and that it had four major clades within ...

. They are most dominant

tropical forest Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical fores ...

trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...

s. Several are valuable for their timber and are over-exploited.Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003)
Molecular characterization of three ''Heritiera'' species using AFLP markers.
''Biologia Plantarum'', 47(3), 445-448.

Species

The

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...

lists: * '' Heritiera actinophylla'' * '' Heritiera albiflora'' * '' Heritiera angustata'' * '' Heritiera arafurensis'' * '' Heritiera aurea'' * ''

Heritiera borneensis ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

'' * '' Heritiera burmensis'' * ''

Heritiera catappa ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera cordata ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera densiflora ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera dubia ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera elata ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera fomes ''Heritiera fomes'' is a species of mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae. Its common names include sunder, sundri, jekanazo and pinlekanazo. It is the dominant mangrove tree species of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh and India, and comprises about ...

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Heritiera gigantea ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera globosa ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera impressinervia ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera javanica ''Heritiera javanica'' is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. Like other species in this subfamily, flowers are unisexual; trees may grows up to 40 m high, and their Vietnamese language, Vietnamese name (under '' ...

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Heritiera kanikensis ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera kuenstleri ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera littoralis ''Heritiera littoralis'', commonly known as the looking-glass mangrove or tulip mangrove, is a mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae native to coastal areas of eastern Africa, Asia, Melanesia and northern Australia. The common name refers to the ...

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Heritiera longipetiolata ''Heritiera longipetiolata'' (Chamorro: Ufa-hålomtåno) is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and possibly Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting ...

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Heritiera macrophylla ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

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Heritiera macroptera ''Heritiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for ...

'' * '' Heritiera magnifica'' * '' Heritiera montana'' * '' Heritiera novoguineensis'' * '' Heritiera ornithocephala'' * '' Heritiera papilio'' * '' Heritiera parvifolia'' * '' Heritiera peralata'' * ''

Heritiera percoriacea ''Heritiera percoriacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (or Sterculiaceae). It is found only in Java, Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss. References

Heritiera, percoriacea Endemic flora of Java Endanger ...

'' * '' Heritiera polyandra'' * '' Heritiera pterospermoides'' * '' Heritiera rumphii'' * '' Heritiera simplicifolia'' * '' Heritiera solomonensis'' * '' Heritiera sumatrana'' * '' Heritiera sylvatica'' * ''

Heritiera trifoliolata ''Argyrodendron trifoliolatum'' is an Australian rainforest tree. It is native to eastern Queensland and northeastern NSW, Australia, where it is known as white booyong. Booyong, New South Wales is named after the tree. It can grow up to 45 me ...

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Heritiera utilis ''Heritiera utilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (or Sterculiaceae). It is found in Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat ...

Gallery

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References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q148716 Malvaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot