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282.0000 Family Malvaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 271 (1789), nom. cons.
249 genera, ca. 5400 spp.
Species listed in database: 5516; hybrids: 40
= Berryaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xxxvii (2001), Family
= Bombacaceae Kunth; Malvac., Büttner., Tiliac. 5 (1822), nom. cons.
= Brownlowiaceae Cheek; Kew Bull. 61: 443 (2006)
= Byttneriaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 540 (1814), nom. cons.
= Chiranthodendraceae A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 303 (1887)
= Dombeyaceae Desf.; Tabl. Ecole Bot., ed. 3: 252 (1829), nom. cons.
= Durionaceae Cheek; Kew Bull. 61: 443 (2006)
= Grewiaceae Doweld & Reveal; Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 71: 100 (2005)
= Helicteraceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 264 (1858), Family
= Hermanniaceae Marquis; Esq. Règne Vég. 52 (1820)
= Hibiscaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 275 (1858)
= Lasiopetalaceae Rchb.; Mag. Aesth. Bot. 1(2): ad t. 37 (1823)
= Mansoniaceae A.Chev.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 38(1): 852 (1913)
= Melochiaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 271 (1858)
= Pentapetaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 222 (1820)
= Philippodendraceae A.Juss.; Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 9: 735 (1847)
= Plagianthaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 272 (1858)
= Sidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 222 (1820)
= Sparrmanniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 260 (1858)
= Sterculiaceae Vent.; Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 69 (1807), nom. cons.
= Theobromataceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 264 (1858)
= Tiliaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 289 (1789), nom. cons.
282.6009 Genus Heritiera Dryand.; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 3: 546 (1789)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Malesia, tropical Oceania
Species listed in database: 36
= Amygdalus Burm. ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891), nom. illeg.
= Atuna Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 153 (1838)
= Balanopteris Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94, t. 98 (1791)
= Fometica Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 75 (1838)
= Sutherlandia J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 1027 (1791)
= Systemon Regel; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1856: 38 (1856)
= Tarrietia Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 227 (1825)
species :
Heritiera albiflora (Ridl.) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 64 (1959)
Distribution: Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia albiflora Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 225 (1938)
species :
Heritiera angustata Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 13: t. 204 c (1889)
Distribution: China (SE-Hainan, Yunnan); Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Amygdalus augustata (Pierre) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
= Heritiera annamensis Lecomte; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 3 (1914)
species :
Heritiera arafurensis Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 36 (1959)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas
42 LSI MOL
species :
Heritiera aurea Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 55 (1959)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
species :
Heritiera borneensis (Merr.) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 56 (1959)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo
42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia borneensis Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 84 (1918)
= Tarrietia unifoliolata Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 82: 173 (1920)
species :
Heritiera burmensis Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 42 (1959)
Distribution: Myanmar (widespread)
41 MYA
species :
Heritiera catappa Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 34 (1959)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Heritiera cordata Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 38 (1959)
Distribution: C-Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Heritiera densiflora (Pellegr.) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 71 (1959)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia densiflora (Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Normand; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 104: 495 (1958)
= Tarrietia utilis var. densiflora Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 380 (1941)
species :
Heritiera dubia Wall. ex Kurz; J. Bot. 12: 65 (1874)
Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya)
40 IND
species :
Heritiera elata Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 50: 112 (1908)
Distribution: Myanmar; ?Laos; peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu, Pahang, Johor); Singapore
41 MYA 42 MLY SNG
Conservation Status: endangered (Singapore)
species :
Heritiera fomes Banks; Account Embassy Kingd. Ava [Symes] 484 (1800)
Distribution: India (West Bengal, Odisha); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Ayeyarwady); peninsular Thailand
40 BAN IND 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Amygdalus minor (Gaertn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
= Fometica punctata Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 75 (1838)
= Heritiera minor (Gaertn.) Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 50 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 142 (1832)
species :
Heritiera gigantea Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 163 (1962)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok?, Sumbawa, Flores?)
42 LSI
species :
Heritiera globosa Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 22 (1959)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
species :
Heritiera impressinervia Kosterm.; New Crit. Malaysian Pl. 3: 29 (1955)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
species :
Heritiera javanica (Blume) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 58 (1959)
Distribution: Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas
41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SNG SUL SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Heritiera cochinchinensis (Pierre) Kosterm.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 13(3): 335 (1973)
= Tarrietia cochinchinensis Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 13 (1889) t. 205
= Tarrietia javanica Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 227 (1825)
species :
Heritiera kanikensis Majumdar & L.K.Banerjee; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 27(1-4): 150 (1985 publ. 1987), et Mangroves Odisha Coast 42 (1990)
Distribution: India (Odisha)
40 IND
species :
Heritiera kuenstleri (King) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 44 (1959)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (once from Gunung Bubu, Perak)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia kunstleri King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 60(2): 77 (1891)
species :
Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 3: 546-547 (1789)
subspecies :
subsp. littoralis
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania; Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Seychelles; China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India (Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Ayeyarwady); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Philippines (throughout); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (Western Australia, Queensland); New Caledonia; Santa Cruz Isl.; Vanuatu; Tonga (Tongatapu, Kao, Vava´u); Fiji; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Palau (Babeldaob, Urukthapel); Northern Marianas (Saipan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Tol, Udot, Fefan, Todiu, Nukuoro, Pohnpei, Kosrae)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 29 COM MDG SEY 36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM XMS 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 FIJ NWC SCZ TON VAN 61 sci 62 GUM MIC MRN PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Amygdalus litoralis (Aiton) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
= Balanopteris minor Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94 (1790)
= Balanopteris tothila Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 94, t. 99 (1791)
= Heritiera fischeri Regel & Rach; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1858: 45 (1859)
= Heritiera minor (Gaertn.) Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 229 (1789)
= Heritiera tothila (Gaertn.) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 118 (1874)
= Sutherlandia littoralis (Aiton) J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat., ed. 13bis: 1027 (1792)
= Systemon fischeri Regel; Index Sem. (St. Petersburg [Petropolitanus]) 1856: 38 (1856)
subspecies :
subsp. ralima Arènes; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 7: 78 (1956)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Heritiera longipetiolata Kaneh.; Trop. Woods, No. 29: 4 (1932) nomen, et in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 487 (1932), descr.
Distribution: Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Rota?); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Pohnpei)
62 GUM MIC MRN
species :
Heritiera macrophylla Wall. ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 103 (1845), nomen, et ex Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 61 (1873)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya); Myanmar; N-Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
40 IND 41 CBD MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Amygdalus macrophylla (Wall. ex Voigt) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
= Trochetia contracta Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1162 (1829), nom. inval.
species :
Heritiera macroptera Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 51 (1959)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Heritiera magnifica Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 10(5): 477 (1988)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Heritiera montana Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 5: 379 (1961)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Heritiera novoguineensis Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 25 (1959), et Reinwardtia 5: 381 (1961)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.
42 NWG 43 SOL
species :
Heritiera ornithocephala Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 5: 241 (1960)
Distribution: Tonga; Niue; Fiji; [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu)
60 FIJ NUE SAM TON
species :
Heritiera papilio Bedd.; Fl. Sylv. S. India t. 218 (1872)
Distribution: India (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Kerala); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Amygdalus papilio (Bedd.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
= Heritiera acuminata Wall. ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 103 (1845), nomen, et ex Kurz, in J. Bot. 12: 65 (1874)
= Heritiera vespertilio Bedd. ex Kurz; J. Bot. 12: 65 (1874)
species :
Heritiera parvifolia Merr.; J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 137 (1925)
Distribution: China (S-Hainan); Myanmar; Thailand
36 CHI 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia parvifolia (Merr.) Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 2(3-4): 281 (1935)
species :
Heritiera percoriacea Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 24 (1959), et Reinwardtia 5: 381 (1961), descr. fl.
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Heritiera pterospermoides Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. Pengetah. Indones. 1) 43 (1959)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Perak); Sumatra
42 MLY SUM
species :
Heritiera rumphii Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 5: 240 (1960)
Distribution: Moluccas (Ambon)
42 MOL
species :
Heritiera simplicifolia (Mast.) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. pengetah. Indones. 1) 52 (1959)
Distribution: N-Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Borneo; Brunei
41 THA 42 BOR BRN MLY SNG
Conservation Status: endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Heritiera khidii Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 5: 380 (1961)
= Tarrietia simplicifolia Mast.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 362 (1874)
species :
Heritiera solomonensis Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 5: 383 (1961)
Distribution: Solomon Isl.
43 SOL
species :
Heritiera sumatrana (Miq.) Kosterm.; Monogr. Gen. Herit. (Penerb. Madjel. pengetah. Indones. 1) 61 (1959)
Distribution: SE- & peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei
41 THA 42 BOR BRN MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia curtisii King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 60(1): 77 (1891)
= Tarrietia perakensis King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 60(1): 77 (1891)
= Tarrietia sumatrana Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 3: 401 (1861)
species :
Heritiera sylvatica (Merr.) S.Vidal; Revis. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 66 (1886)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Panay, Samar); Sulawesi; Moluccas
42 MOL PHI SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Tarrietia sylvatica Merr.; Bull. Bur. Forest. Philipp. Islands 1: 38 (1903)
species :
Heritiera utilis (Sprague) Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 348 (1909)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cola proteiformis A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 5: 250 (1909)
= Tarrietia utilis (Sprague) Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 85 (1916)
= Tarrietia utilis var. laxiflora Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 380 (1941)
= Triplochiton utile Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 257 (1908)
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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World


Version 25.06 (June 15th, 2025)

Covering 356,645 accepted species,
8,788 hybrids, 48,065 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,003,237 synonyms,
in total 1,416,735* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]


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