Hamelia

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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Hamelia is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Jamaica, Americas and plant.

It is catalogued under topics including Hamelia, Rubiaceae genera and Taxonomy articles created by Polbot.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia

Observations recorded32,487

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 459
With media: 173
Family: Rubiaceae
Collections: INECOL, FC-UNAM, CICY, UJAT, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, IIB-UV
Recorded in: Mexico, Peru, United States

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Research

46 papers

A Phytochemical and Ethnopharmacological Recapitulation on Hamelia patens.Drug research · 2020
Induction of Monoterpenoid Oxindole Alkaloids Production and Related Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Response to Signaling Molecules in Hamelia patens Plant Cultures.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of Hamelia patens extracts.Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2016
Hamelia patens: A New Source of Ephedrine1.Planta medica · 1991
Double incision wound healing bioassay using Hamelia patens from El Salvador.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2003

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rubiaceae
Image: Hamelia patens-roadside.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Hamelia
taxon name: Hamelia
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5350
Commons category: Hamelia
taxon common name: 长隔木属

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Encyclopedic overview

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

==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

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