Heeria argentea

Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.[1] The only species is Heeria argentea.[1]

Heeria argentea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Heeria
Meisn.
Species:
H. argentea
Binomial name
Heeria argentea
(Thunb.) Meisn.
Synonyms[1][2]

Genus

  • Anaphrenium E.Mey. ex Endl.
  • Roemeria Thunb.

Species

  • Anaphrenium argenteum (Thunb.) E.Mey.
  • Rhus argentea (Thunb.) Druce
  • Rhus thunbergii Hook.
  • Roemeria argentea (Thunb.) Thunb.
  • Bumelia argentea (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Sideroxylon argenteum Thunb.
  • Rhus argyrophylla C.Presl

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

References
  1. "Heeria Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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