''Heritiera'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the family
Malvaceae, 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 trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are
mangroves. 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 lists:
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Heritiera actinophylla
''Argyrodendron actinophyllum'' is a large rainforest tree, native to eastern Australia. Common names include black booyong, blackjack, blush tulip oak, crowsfoot elm and Mackay tulip oak. The heartwood is coloured pink-brown. One of the most d ...
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Heritiera albiflora''
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Heritiera angustata''
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Heritiera arafurensis''
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Heritiera aurea''
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Heritiera borneensis''
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Heritiera burmensis''
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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''
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Heritiera densiflora''
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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 ...
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Heritiera elata''
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Heritiera fomes''
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Heritiera gigantea''
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Heritiera globosa''
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Heritiera impressinervia''
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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''
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Heritiera kuenstleri''
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Heritiera littoralis''
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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''
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Heritiera macroptera''
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Heritiera magnifica''
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Heritiera montana
''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 ...
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Heritiera novoguineensis
''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 fo ...
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Heritiera ornithocephala''
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Heritiera papilio''
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Heritiera parvifolia
''Heritiera parvifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (or Sterculiaceae). It is found only in China. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the pr ...
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Heritiera peralata''
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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 ...
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Heritiera polyandra
''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 ...
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Heritiera pterospermoides''
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Heritiera rumphii
''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 ...
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Heritiera simplicifolia''
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Heritiera solomonensis
''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 fo ...
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Heritiera sumatrana
''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 fo ...
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Heritiera sylvatica''
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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 ...
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Gallery
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References
External links
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Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot