Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.[1] It only contains one species, Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. [2]
| Heeria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Heeria Meisn. |
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It is native to the South African Republic, mainly the Cape Provinces.[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]
It has the following synonyms; Anaphrenium argenteum (Thunb.) E.Mey., Rhus argentea (Thunb.) Druce, Rhus argyrophylla C.Presl, Rhus thunbergii Hook. and Roemeria argentea (Thunb.) Thunb.[2]
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| Heeria | |
| Heeria argentea |
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