''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
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
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:
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Heritiera actinophylla''
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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''
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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''
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Heritiera novoguineensis''
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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''
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Heritiera pterospermoides''
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Heritiera rumphii''
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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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{{Taxonbar, from=Q148716
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot