Hirtella
Encyclopedia
Hirtella is a genus of plant
in family Chrysobalanaceae
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of trees, shrubs and flowering plants, consisting of 17 genera and about 460 species of leptocaul that grows in the Tropics or is subtropical and common in the Americas...
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- Hirtella enneandraHirtella enneandraHirtella enneandra is a species of plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia.-Sources:* Calderon, E. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
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- Hirtella megacarpaHirtella megacarpaHirtella megacarpa is a species of plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Sources:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
, R.A. Graham - Hirtella paucifloraHirtella paucifloraHirtella pauciflora is a species of plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Sources:...
, Little - Hirtella physophoraHirtella physophoraHirtella physophora is a species of plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It forms an association with the ant species, Allomerus decemarticulatus. The ants live in honeycombed cylinders they attach to the plant's stems. The plant nearly always has these ants associated with it....