Heeria_(plant)

<i>Heeria argentea</i>

Heeria argentea

Species of plant

Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.[2] The only species is Heeria argentea.[2]

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It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[3] The genus name of Heeria is in honour of Oswald Heer (1809–1883), a Swiss geologist and naturalist.[4] The Latin specific epithet of argentea refers to silvery.[5] Heeria argentea was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.2 on page 55 in 1837.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & von Staden, L. (2019). "Heeria argentea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T149511011A149511013. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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    "Heeria Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  5. [5]
    Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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