Hamelia

Hamelia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782).[4]

Hamelia
Firebush (H. patens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Hamelieae[1]
Genus:	Hamelia Jacq.[2]
Type species
Hamelia erecta Jacq.[3]
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Duhamelia Pers. Jangaraca Raf. Tangaraca Adans. Tapesia C.F.Gaertn.[2]

Selected species

• Hamelia axillaris Sw. – Guayabo Negro
• Hamelia cuprea Griseb.
• Hamelia macrantha Little
• Hamelia papillosa Urb. (Jamaica)
• Hamelia patens Jacq. – Firebush (American tropics and subtropics)
  • Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst.
  • Hamelia patens var. patens[5][6]

References

1. "Genus Hamelia". Taxonomy. Uniprot. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
2. "Genus: Hamelia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
3. "Hamelia Jacq". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
4. Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
5. "Subordinate Taxa of Hamelia Jacq". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
6. "GRIN Species Records of Hamelia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

External links

Media related to Hamelia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Hamelia at Wikispecies