Heritiera

Heritiera littoralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
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. albiflora – H. angustata – H. arafurensis – H. aurea – H. borneensis – H. catappa – H. cordata – H. densiflora – H. dubia – H. elata – H. fomes – H. gigantea – H. globosa – H. impressinervia – H. javanica – H. kanikensis – H. kuenstleri – H. littoralis – H. longipetiolata – H. macrophylla – H. macroptera – H. magnifica – H. montana – H. novoguineensis – H. ornithocephala – H. papilio – H. parvifolia – H. percoriacea – H. polyandra – H. pterospermoides – H. rumphii – H. simplicifolia – H. solomonensis – H. sumatrana – H. sylvatica – H. utilis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Heritiera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 03. Reference page.

Name

Heritiera Aiton, Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 546. (1789)

• Type species: Heritiera littoralis Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 546. (1789)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Amygdalus Burm. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891), nom. illeg.
  • Sutherlandia J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1027 (1792), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Balanopteris Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94 (1791)
  • Fometica Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 75 (1838)
  • Systemon Regel in Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 38 (1856)
  • Tarrietia Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 227 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World 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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. : 3: 546

Additional references

• Wilkie, P., Clark, A., Pennington, R.T., Cheek, M., Bayer, C. & Wilcock, C.C. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) using the chloroplast gene ndhF. Systematic Botany 31(1): 160-170. DOI: 10.1600/036364406775971714 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Heritiera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Heritiera. Published online. Accessed: November 03 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Heritiera. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Heritiera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 November 2023.

Vernacular names

English: black booyong, blackjack, blush tulip oak, crowsfoot elm, Mackay tulip oak

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