Biology:Heeria argentea

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Heeria argentea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Heeria
Meisn.
Species:
H. argentea
Binomial name
Heeria argentea
(Thunb.) Meisn.
Synonyms[1][2]

Genus

  • Anaphrenium E.Mey. ex Endl.
  • Thunb. Roemeria

Species

  • Rhus argyrophylla Roemeria argentea
  • Anaphrenium argenteum (Thunb.) E.Mey.
  • (Thunb.) Druce (Thunb.) Thunb.
  • Bumelia argentea Rhus thunbergii
  • (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. C.Presl
  • Rhus argentea Hook.
  • Thunb. Sideroxylon argenteum

Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.[1] The only species is Heeria argentea.[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa .[2] The genus name of Heeria is in honour of Oswald Heer (1809–1883), a Swiss geologist and naturalist.[3] The Latin specific epithet of argentea refers to silvery.[4] Heeria argentea was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.2 on page 55 in 1837.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Heeria Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1814-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69662-1. 
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9. 
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051. 

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