Humiria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Humiriaceae
Genus: Humiria
Species: H. balsamifera – H. crassifolia – H. fruticosa – H. wurdackii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Humiria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page.

Name

Humiria J.St.-Hil., 1805

Typus: Humiria balsamifera Aubl.

Synonyms

Myrodendron Schreb., Gen. 358 (1789)
Wernisekia Scop., Introd. 273 (1777)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Peru
Regional: Brazil
Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
Regional: Northern South America
Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Saint-Hilaire, J.H.J., 1805. Expos. Fam. Nat. 3: 374

Additional references

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Humiria in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Humiria. Published online. Accessed: Oct 13 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Humiria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13.
Hassler, M. 2021. Humiria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Humiria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Humiria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Humiriaceae found in lowland forests of South America.

Species include:[1]

Humiria balsamifera Aubl.
Humiria crassifolia Mart.
Humiria fruticosa Cuatrec.
Humiria wurdackii Cuatrec.

References

"Humiria J.St.-Hil. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-10-27.