Hasseltia

Hasseltia
Hasseltia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Hasseltia
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Type species
Hasseltia floribunda
H.B.K.
Species

Hasseltia floribunda, Hasseltia guatemalensis, Hasseltia lateriflora, Hasseltia allenii

Hasseltia is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains four species of small to medium-sized trees native to the neotropics, ranging from Mexico south to Brazil and Bolivia.[1]

Hasseltia is unique among Salicaceae in that the species have pseudo-axile placentation, compound umbellate inflorescences, and a pair of glands embedded in the base of the leaf blades.[1] Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[2] Hasseltia is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Pleuranthodendron and Macrothumia, with which they are commonly confused.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of Hasseltia (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 58(3): 277-284.
  2. Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
  3. Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. Arnaldoa 10: 19-38.
  4. Gentry, A. H. 1993. A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.


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