Biology:Hamelia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Hamelia | |
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| Firebush (H. patens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Hamelieae |
| Genus: | Hamelia Jacq.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hamelia erecta Jacq.[2] | |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Duhamelia Pers. | |
Hamelia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782).[3]
Selected species
- Hamelia axillaris Sw. – Guayabo Negro
- Hamelia cuprea Griseb.
- Hamelia macrantha Little
- Hamelia papillosa Urb. (Jamaica)
- Hamelia patens Jacq. – Firebush (American tropics and subtropics)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Hamelia Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-03-10. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?5350. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ↑ "Hamelia Jacq.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020586. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ↑ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=eS7lX_rC3GEC.
- ↑ "Subordinate Taxa of Hamelia Jacq.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40020586. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Hamelia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?5350. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2673632 entry
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