Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 34 in LatinTropicos, Hirtella L.Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesDavidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Erythroxylaceae a Icacinaceae. 3(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MéxicoPrance, G. T. 1976. Additions to neotropical Chrysobalanaceae. Brittonia 28(2): 209–230 The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.
Species
List of accepted species according to Kew:
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