Hevea
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Hevea is a genus of flowering plant
s in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae
. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood
of the most economically important species H. brasiliensis.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood
Rubberwood
Rubberwood is wood from the Pará rubber tree . Rubberwood has been produced on a small scale, but has become much more common. There are extensive plantations with these trees in southeast Asia; the earlier practice was to just burn the tree at the end of its latex-producing cycle, due to the poor...
of the most economically important species H. brasiliensis.
Selected species
- Hevea benthamiana Müll.Arg.Johannes Müller ArgoviensisJohannes Müller Argoviensis was the name used by the Swiss botanist Johann Müller . He was the monographer of Resedaceae, Apocynaceae and Euphorbiaceae in A. P. de Candolle's Prodromus and Martius's Flora Brasiliensis. He was also an authority on lichens.-References:...
- Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. – Pará Rubber Tree
- Hevea guianensis Aubl.
- Hevea microphylla Ule
- Hevea nitida Mart. ex Müll.Arg.
- Hevea pauciflora (Spruce ex Benth.) Müll.Arg.
- Hevea spruceana (Benth.) Müll.Arg.