Heeria argentea

Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.^[2] The only species is Heeria argentea.^[2]

Heeria argentea
In Western Cape, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Anacardioideae
Genus:	Heeria Meisn.
Species:	H. argentea
Binomial name
Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn.
Synonyms[2][3]
Genus Anaphrenium E.Mey. ex Endl. Roemeria Thunb. Species Anaphrenium argenteum (Thunb.) E.Mey. Rhus argentea (Thunb.) Druce Rhus thunbergii Hook. Roemeria argentea (Thunb.) Thunb. Bumelia argentea (Thunb.) Roem. & Schult. Sideroxylon argenteum Thunb. Rhus argyrophylla C.Presl

It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[3] The genus name of Heeria is in honour of Oswald Heer (1809–1883), a Swiss geologist and naturalist.^[4] The Latin specific epithet of argentea refers to silvery.^[5] Heeria argentea was first described and published in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Vol.2 on page 55 in 1837.^[3]