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Hirtella

Hirtella
Hirtella racemosa Mountain Pine Ridge Belize.jpg
Hirtella racemosa, Belize
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Hirtella
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Synonyms
  • Tachibota Aubl.
  • Causea Scop.
  • Salmasia Schreb. 1789, illegitimate superfluous name, not Bubani 1873 (syn of Aira in Poaceae)
  • Brya Vell. 1829, illegitimate homonym, not P. Browne 1756 (Fabaceae)
  • Sphenista Raf.
  • Zamzela Raf.

Hirtella is a genus of plants in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.

Hirtella is native to warmer regions in Latin America, the West Indies, southeastern Africa, and Madagascar.



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