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Hilleria longifolia (Hilleria longifolia)

Description

Hilleria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the phytolacaceae family . It comprises 16 species described and of these, only 3 accepted. The genus was described by José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo and published in Florae Fluminensis, seu, Descriptionum plantarum parectura Fluminensi sponte mascentium liber primus ad systema sexuale concinnatus 47. 1825 [1829]. The type species is: Hilleria elastica Vell.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Phytolaccaceae

              • Genus: Hilleria