Heritiera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Heritiera
Species: H. aurea – H. borneensis – H. globosa – H. javanica – H. littoralis – H. longipetiolata – H. simplicifolia – H. sumatrana – H. utilis
Name

Heritiera Aiton
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Amygdalus Burm. ex Kuntze
Argyrodendron F.Muell.
Balanopteris Gaertn.
Fometica Raf.
Sutherlandia J.F.Gmel.
Systemon Regel
Tarrietia Blume

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]

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

References

"Heritiera Aiton". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003). Molecular characterization of three Heritiera species using AFLP markers. Biologia Plantarum, 47(3), 445-448.
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.