Helietta is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as barettas, barretas, or barrettas. It includes ten species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, ranging from southern Texas to Mexico, Cuba, northwestern South America, and Brazil and Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. The generic name honors French physician Louis Théodore Hélie (1802–1867).actes d'état civil, Archives municipales de Nantes.
Species Ten species are accepted. Helietta apiculata Helietta glaucescens Urb. – Cuba Helietta glaziovii Helietta hirsuta Helietta lottiae Helietta lucida Helietta magna Helietta parvifolia (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) Benth. – Mexico and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Helietta plaeana Helietta puberula
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