Heritiera

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 their timber and are over-exploited.[2]

Heritiera
Heritiera littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Heritiera
Aiton
Species

see text

Synonyms

Argyrodendron F.Muell.
Tarrietia Blume[1]

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:[3]

  • Heritiera actinophylla
  • Heritiera albiflora
  • Heritiera angustata
  • Heritiera arafurensis
  • Heritiera aurea
  • Heritiera borneensis
  • Heritiera burmensis
  • Heritiera catappa
  • Heritiera cordata
  • Heritiera densiflora
  • Heritiera dubia
  • Heritiera elata
  • Heritiera fomes
  • Heritiera gigantea
  • Heritiera globosa
  • Heritiera impressinervia
  • Heritiera javanica
  • Heritiera kanikensis
  • Heritiera kuenstleri
  • Heritiera littoralis
  • Heritiera longipetiolata
  • Heritiera macrophylla
  • Heritiera macroptera
  • Heritiera magnifica
  • Heritiera montana
  • Heritiera novoguineensis
  • Heritiera ornithocephala
  • Heritiera papilio
  • Heritiera parvifolia
  • Heritiera peralata
  • Heritiera percoriacea
  • Heritiera polyandra
  • Heritiera pterospermoides
  • Heritiera rumphii
  • Heritiera simplicifolia
  • Heritiera solomonensis
  • Heritiera sumatrana
  • Heritiera sylvatica
  • Heritiera trifoliolata
  • Heritiera utilis
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References
  1. "Heritiera Aiton". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  2. Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003). Molecular characterization of three Heritiera species using AFLP markers. Biologia Plantarum, 47(3), 445-448.
  3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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