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Hiraea
Sign in to saveHiraea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. The genus Hiraea comprises over 55 species of woody vines and shrubs found in diverse habitats, except very dry vegetation types, in the New World tropics and subtropics from western Mexico to Paraguay and adjacent Argentina and south-eastern Brazil; it also occurs in the Lesser Antilles in Grenada and St. Lucia.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Hiraea, and connects out to plant, Grenada and Saint Lucia.
It is catalogued under topics including Flora of the Neotropical realm, Malpighiaceae and Malpighiaceae genera.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyMalpighiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 705
- With media
- 220
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Collections
- MSC, IBUNAM, F, MICH, MEL, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Malpighiaceae
- Image
- Hiraea bullata W.R.Anderson (6999588231).jpg
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- Hiraea
- taxon name
- Hiraea
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hiraea
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Hiraea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. The genus Hiraea comprises over 55 species of woody vines and shrubs found in diverse habitats, except very dry vegetation types, in the New World tropics and subtropics from western Mexico to Paraguay and adjacent Argentina and south-eastern Brazil; it also occurs in the Lesser Antilles in Grenada and St. Lucia.
Hiraea faginea and H. fagifolia are among the most widespread species. Hiraea perplexa of Ecuador is included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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