Hamelia

Hamelia
	Firebush (H. patens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Hamelieae
Genus:	Hamelia; Jacq.[1]
Type species
	Hamelia erecta Jacq.[2];
Species
	Several, see text
Synonyms
	Duhamelia Pers.; Jangaraca Raf.; Tangaraca Adans.; Tapesia C.F.Gaertn.[1]

Hamelia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782).[3]

Selected species

Hamelia axillaris Sw. – Guayabo Negro
Hamelia cuprea Griseb.
Hamelia macrantha Little
Hamelia papillosa Urb. (Jamaica)
Hamelia patens Jacq. – Firebush (American tropics and subtropics)
- Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst.
- Hamelia patens var. patens[4][5]

"Genus: Hamelia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
"Hamelia Jacq". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
"Subordinate Taxa of Hamelia Jacq". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Database. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
"GRIN Species Records of Hamelia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-07-16.

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