Heritiera
Encyclopedia
Heritiera is a genus of flowering plant
s in the mallow
family, Malvaceae
family.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the mallow
Malva
Malva is a genus of about 25–30 species of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae , one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of...
family, Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
family.
Selected species
- Heritiera aurea
- Heritiera borneensis
- Heritiera fomesHeritiera fomesHeritiera fomes is the dominant mangrove tree species of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh and India. H. fomes is a major timber-producing tree. The tree is threatened by over-harvesting, water diversions in the Ganges Basin, and fluctuations in salinity due to upstream and coastal development in...
- Heritiera globosa
- Heritiera javanica
- Heritiera littoralisHeritiera littoralisHeritiera littoralis, the looking-glass mangrove is a large tree with wing shaped nuts, which is most easily recognised by the silvery scales on the underside of its leaves, which therefore appear green from top and white from below, although Litsea mellifera A.C. Smith , has the same type of leaves....
- Heritiera longipetiolataHeritiera longipetiolataHeritiera longipetiolata is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and possibly Micronesia.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
- Heritiera parvifoliaHeritiera parvifoliaHeritiera parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found only in China.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Heritiera percoriaceaHeritiera percoriaceaHeritiera percoriacea is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found only in Indonesia.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Heritiera simplicifolia
- Heritiera sumatrana
- Heritiera utilisHeritiera utilisHeritiera utilis is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It is found in Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...