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Henriettea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, with some 399 species accepted. It is distributed in the Americas. Some species in the genus are known commonly as camasey., though the common name camasey may also refer to plants of genus Miconia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMyrtales
  5. FamilyMelastomataceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
792
With media
340
Family
Melastomataceae
Collections
US, CAS, NY, JBRJ, UFPE
Recorded in
Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Brasil, Peru, Panama, Ecuador

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Henriettea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, with some 399 species accepted. It is distributed in the Americas. Some species in the genus are known commonly as camasey., though the common name camasey may also refer to plants of genus Miconia.

Species accepted as of March 2021 are: Henriettea acunae Henriettea aggregata Henriettea angustifolia Henriettea barkeri Henriettea boliviensis Henriettea bracteosa Henriettea caudata Henriettea ciliata Henriettea cuabae Henriettea cuneata Henriettea duckeana Henriettea ekmanii Henriettea fascicularis Henriettea fissanthera Henriettea flavescens Henriettea gibberosa Henriettea glabra Henriettea gomesii Henriettea goudotiana Henriettea granulata Henriettea heteroneura Henriettea hondurensis Henriettea horridula Henriettea hotteana Henriettea ininiensis Henriettea lasiostylis Henriettea lateriflora Henriettea lawrancei Henriettea loretensis Henriettea lundellii Henriettea macfadyenii Henriettea maguirei Henriettea manarae Henriettea maroniensis Henriettea martiusii Henriettea megaloclada Henriettea membranifolia Henriettea mucronata Henriettea multiflora Henriettea multigemma Henriettea odorata Henriettea ovata Henriettea patrisiana Henriettea prancei Henriettea punctata Henriettea ramiflora Henriettea reflexa Henriettea rimosa Henriettea saldanhaei Henriettea seemannii Henriettea sessilifolia Henriettea sierrae Henriettea spruceana Henriettea squamata Henriettea squamulosa Henriettea stellaris Henriettea steyermarkii Henriettea strigosa Henriettea succosa Henriettea tachirensis Henriettea tobagensis Henriettea tovarensis Henriettea trachyphylla Henriettea triflora Henriettea tuberculosa Henriettea uniflora Henriettea verrucosa Henriettea williamsii

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