Biology:Hildegardia (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Hildegardia | |
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| Hildegardia barteri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Hildegardia Schott & Endl. |
Hildegardia is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae. In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae. The genus is named for Saint Hildegard of Bingen due to her contributions to herbal medicine.[1] There are 13 species with a pantropical distribution.[2]
Species include:
- Hildegardia ankaranensis (Arènes) Kosterm.
- Hildegardia australensis G.Leach & M.Cheek (1991)
- Hildegardia barteri (Mast.) Kosterm.
- Hildegardia cubensis (Urb.) Kosterm. – Guana, guanabaum
- Hildegardia dauphinensis[2]
- Hildegardia erythrosiphon (Baill.) Kosterm.
- Hildegardia gillettii L.J.Dorr & L.C.Barnett (1990)
- Hildegardia merrittii (Merrill) Kosterm.
- Hildegardia migeodii (Exell) Kosterm.
- Hildegardia perrieri (Hochr.) Arènes
- Hildegardia populifolia
- Hildegardia sundaica Kosterm.
References
- ↑ Schott, H. W., Endlicher, S. F. L. Meletemata Botanica. (Vienna: Carolus Gerold, 1832)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zaborsky, J. G. (2009). Hildegardia dauphinensis (Malvaceae, Sterculioideae): a new species from southeastern Madagascar. Adansonia, 31(1), 143-148.
Wikidata ☰ Q145872 entry
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