Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar. The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.
Species
Hirtella racemosa, Belize
List of accepted species according to Kew:
Hirtella adderleyi - S Venezuela
Hirtella adenophora - Meta
Hirtella aequatoriensis - Ecuador
Hirtella americana - Guerrero to Ecuador; Cuba, Dom Rep
Hirtella angustifolia - Brazil
Hirtella angustissima - Guyana, Fr Guiana
Hirtella araguariensis - N Brazil, Fr Guiana
Hirtella aramangensis - N Peru
Hirtella arenosa - N Brazil
Hirtella bahiensis - Bahia, Espírito Santo
Hirtella barnebyi - Rondônia
Hirtella barrosoi - Rio de Janeiro
Hirtella beckii - Bolivia
Hirtella bicornis - trop South America
Hirtella brachystachys - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil
Hirtella bullata - N South America
Hirtella burchellii - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
Hirtella caduca - Guyana, Bolívar
Hirtella carbonaria - S Colombia, N Ecuador
Hirtella castillana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela
Hirtella ciliata - Guyana, Fr Guiana, Brazil
Hirtella conduplicata - Amazonas B
Hirtella confertiflora - Amazonas V
Hirtella cordifolia - Amazonas V
Hirtella corymbosa - Bahia, Espírito Santo
Hirtella couepiiflora - Fr Guiana, Amapá
Hirtella cowanii - Amazonas V
Hirtella davisii - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Venezuela, N Brazil, Fr Guiana, Guyana
Hirtella deflexa - S Venezuela
Hirtella dorvalii - N Brazil
Hirtella duckei - trop South America
Hirtella elongata - NW South America
Hirtella enneandra - Colombia
Hirtella eriandra - trop South America
Hirtella excelsa - W South America
Hirtella fasciculata - N Brazil
Hirtella floribunda - Minas Gerais
Hirtella glabrata - S Venezuela, N Brazil
Hirtella glandulistipula - Fr Guiana, N Brazil
Hirtella glandulosa - trop South America
Hirtella glaziovii - S Brazil
Hirtella gracilipes - trop South...
