Heritiera
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
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| Heritiera littoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Heritiera Aiton |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
35 species are accepted.[1]
- Heritiera albiflora (Ridl.) Kosterm.
- Heritiera angustata Pierre
- Heritiera arafurensis Kosterm.
- Heritiera aurea Kosterm.
- Heritiera borneensis (Merr.) Kosterm.
- Heritiera burmensis Kosterm.
- Heritiera catappa Kosterm.
- Heritiera cordata Kosterm.
- Heritiera densiflora (Pellegr.) Kosterm.
- Heritiera dubia Wall. ex Kurz
- Heritiera elata Ridl.
- Heritiera fomes Banks
- Heritiera gigantea Kosterm.
- Heritiera globosa Kosterm.
- Heritiera impressinervia Kosterm.
- Heritiera javanica (Blume) Kosterm.
- Heritiera kanikensis Majumdar & L.K.Banerjee
- Heritiera kuenstleri (King) Kosterm.
- Heritiera littoralis Aiton
- Heritiera longipetiolata Kaneh.
- Heritiera macroptera Kosterm.
- Heritiera magnifica Kosterm.
- Heritiera montana Kosterm.
- Heritiera novoguineensis Kosterm.
- Heritiera ornithocephala Kosterm.
- Heritiera papilio Bedd.
- Heritiera parvifolia Merr.
- Heritiera percoriacea Kosterm.
- Heritiera pterospermoides Kosterm.
- Heritiera rumphii Kosterm.
- Heritiera simplicifolia (Mast.) Kosterm.
- Heritiera solomonensis Kosterm.
- Heritiera sumatrana (Miq.) Kosterm.
- Heritiera sylvatica S.Vidal
- Heritiera utilis (Sprague) Sprague
Formerly placed here
- Argyrodendron actinophyllum (F.Muell.) Edlin (as H. actinophylla (F.M.Bailey) Kosterm.)
- Argyrodendron peralatum (F.M.Bailey) Edlin ex I.H.Boas (as H. peralata (F.M.Bailey) Kosterm.)
- Argyrodendron trifoliolatum F.Muell. (as H. trifoliolata (F.Muell.) Kosterm.)
