Hevea
Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae that includes the rubber tree / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hevea is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, with about ten members. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important rubber tree, H. brasiliensis. The genus is native to tropical South America but is widely cultivated in other tropical countries and naturalized in several of them. It was first described in 1775.
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Hevea | |
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Hevea brasiliensis[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Micrandreae |
Subtribe: | Heveinae |
Genus: | Hevea Aubl. |
Range of the genus Hevea. | |
Synonyms[2][3] | |
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