Halleria (plant)

Halleria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Stilbaceae
Genus: Halleria
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Halleria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[1][2]

Halleria is native to eastern and southern Africa and to Madagascar.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Halleria elliptica L. - South Africa, Malawi
  2. Halleria ligustrifolia Baker - Madagascar
  3. Halleria lucida L. - South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda
  4. Halleria ovata Benth. - South Africa

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 625-626 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Halleria L.
  3. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ↑ The Plant List, search for Halleria


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