''Heritiera'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
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 Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
, subfamily
Sterculioideae
Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family (biology), family Malvaceae containing evergreen and deciduous tree and shrub genera, that were previously placed in the obsolete family Sterculiaceae.
Taxonomy
A 2006 molecular study indicated the Ste ...
. They are most dominant
tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the Tropic of Cancer, tropics of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing ...
trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are
mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...
s. 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 (CoL) 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 Taxono ...
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''
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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
''Heritiera fomes'' is a species of mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae. Its common names include sunder, sundri, jekanazo and pinlekanazo. It is the dominant mangrove tree species of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh and India, and comprises about ...
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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
''Heritiera littoralis'', commonly known as the looking-glass mangrove or tulip mangrove, is a mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae native to coastal areas of eastern Africa, Asia, Melanesia and northern Australia. The common name refers to the ...
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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. It is threatened by habitat loss.
See also
List of endem ...
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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''
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Heritiera peralata''
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Heritiera percoriacea''
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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''
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Heritiera sumatrana''
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Heritiera sylvatica''
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Heritiera trifoliolata''
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Heritiera utilis''
Gallery
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References
External links
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot