''Herrania'' 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
Byttnerioideae
Byttnerioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Malvaceae.
Tribes and genera
Four tribes are recognised by the Germplasm Resources Information Network:
Byttnerieae
*'' Abroma'' Jacq.
*'' Ayenia'' L.
*'' Byttneria'' Loefl.
*'' Klei ...
.
It is closely related to the genus ''
Theobroma
''Theobroma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is sometimes classified as a member of Sterculiaceae. It contains roughly 20 species of small understory trees native to the tropical forests of Central and So ...
'', which includes
cacao. As of 1999, there were about 17 species in ''Herrania''.
Species
Species include:
''Herrania''.
The Plant List.
* '' Herrania albiflora''
* '' Herrania amazonica''
* '' Herrania balaensis''
* '' Herrania breviligulata''
* '' Herrania camargoana''
* '' Herrania cuatrecasana''
* '' Herrania dugandii''
* '' Herrania kanukuensis''
* '' Herrania kofanorum''
* '' Herrania laciniifolia''
* '' Herrania lemniscata''
* ''Herrania mariae
''Herrania mariae'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to South America - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the la ...
''
* '' Herrania nitida''
* '' Herrania nycterodendron''
* '' Herrania pulcherrima''
* '' Herrania purpurea''
* '' Herrania tomentella''
* '' Herrania umbratica''
References
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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