Malvaceae

Heritiera Aiton

First published in Hort. Kew. 3: 546 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to W. Pacific. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Hawaii, Society Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 1, 3: 546 (1789);
  • Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 5: 265–266 (2003)
  • Madj. Ilmu Pengetah. Indonesia 1: 1–121 (1959)
  • Reinwardtia 4(4): 465–583 (1959);

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2024 United Kingdom K001419235 Neotype No
Oct 1, 2009 Sugau, J.B. [9] Malaysia K000611088 No
Oct 1, 2009 Abu Husin, H. [59017] Malaysia K000611087 No
Jan 1, 1959 Mooney, H.F. [3369] India K000899962 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1139] Burma K001112200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Briggs, M. ; Paiki, T. ; Saymar, K. ; Christian [MB 699] Indonesia K001639316 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1139] India K001112196 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1139] Malaysia K001112203 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 1139] K001112204 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1139] India K001112201 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1139] K001112197 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1139] K001112199 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1139] Sri Lanka K001112202 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1139] K001112198 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0