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Helicteres heptandra - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Helicteres heptandra - Upper and lower surface of leaves - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaves; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Helicteres heptandra - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2370
Date of entry: 18.02.2015
Last update: 25.06.2020

Common name

Portuguese: Saca-rolha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2616)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Helicteres (3)

            Epithet: heptandra L.B.Sm. (1)

heptandra => seven stamens

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, orange

External links

Check for Helicteres heptandra at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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