Heritiera

Heritiera littoralis, illustration from Blanco.

Heritiera is a plant genus in the family Sterculiaceae ( Sterculioideae ) within the family (Malvaceae ). Home areas are the tropical areas of Asia, Africa and Australasia. Some types of wood used.

Description

Heritiera species are trees or shrubs. Mature trees often have buttress roots. The aboveground plant parts are usually covered with star-shaped hairs ( trichomes ). The alternate arranged leaves are usually pedunculated and have a simple or feathery divided leaf blade. Most are located at the base of petioles early falling stipules.

In pendent, zymösen or paniculate inflorescences many flowers are borne. The usually unisexual flowers are radial symmetry and fünfzählig. The four to six sepals are fused bell-shaped or jug -shaped. There are no petals present. In the male flowers the Androgynophoren are short. In one or two circles are 4-15 stamens. In the female three to five contiguous carpels and staminodes are present. Each carpel has only one ovule. The very short style ends in a very small scar.

The woody or leathery fruit has edges and does not open at maturity. The seeds have no endosperm.

System

The genus Heritiera in 1789 with the type species Heritiera littoralis Aiton by William Aiton in Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalog ..., 3, pp. 546-547 situated. The genus name honors the French botanist Charles Heritiera Louis L' Héritier de Brut Elle ( 1746-1800 ). Synonyms for Heritiera Aiton are: . Argyrodendron F.Muell, Tarrietia Flower, Sutherlandia R.Br. not JFGmelin 1792 In 1812.

There are about 35 Heritiera species. Here is a selection types:

  • Heritiera albiflora ( Ridley ) Kosterm.
  • Heritiera angustata Pierre
  • Heritiera arafurensis Kosterm.
  • Heritiera aurea Kosterm.
  • Heritiera borneensis ( Merr. ) Kosterm. ( Syn: Tarrietia borneensis Merr. )
  • Heritiera elata Ridley
  • Heritiera globosa Kosterm.
  • Heritiera javanica (Blume ) Kosterm.
  • Heritiera kanikensis Banerjee & Majumdar
  • Heritiera littoralis Aiton: Grows to the Mangroveküsten India and the western Pacific Ocean.
  • Heritiera longipetiolata Kaneh.
  • Heritiera macrophylla Wall. ex short
  • Heritiera novoguineensis Kosterm.
  • Heritiera ornithocephala Kosterm.
  • Heritiera parvifolia Merr.
  • Heritiera simplicifolia ( Masters) Kosterm.
  • Heritiera sumatrana ( Miq. ) Kosterm. ( Syn: Tarrietia sumatrana Miq. )
  • Heritiera sylvatica S.Vidal
  • Heritiera trifoliolata ( F.Muell. ) Kosterm.
  • Heritiera utilis ( Sprague ) Sprague ( Syn: Tarrietia utilis ( Sprague ) Sprague, Sprague Triplochiton utile ): Grows to the Mangroveküsten West Africa.

Pictures

The Mangrovepflanze Heritiera littoralis:

Inflorescence.

Fruit stand.

Swell

  • Ya Tang, Michael G. Gilbert & Laurence J. Dorr: Sterculiaceae in the Flora of China, Volume 12, 2007, p 312: Heritiera - Online. (Section Description, distribution and systematics)
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