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Hirtella
Sign in to saveHirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar. The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,935
- With media
- 476
- Family
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, CAS, IBUNAM, NY, F, JBB
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Costa Rica, Belice, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras
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Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar. The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.
== Species == thumb|Hirtella racemosa, Belize List of accepted species according to Kew:
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