Hamelia patens

Hamelia patens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Hamelieae
Genus: Hamelia
Species: Hamelia patens
Varieties: H. p. var. glabra – H. p. var. patens

Name

Hamelia patens Jacq.

References

• Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes ... 16. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 72, t. 50. 1763)
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hamelia patens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Firebush

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