| Hamelia | |
|---|---|
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| 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.  | |
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)
 
References
- 1 2 "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.
 
External links
 Media related to Hamelia at Wikimedia Commons
 Data related to Hamelia at Wikispecies
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