| Hasseltia | |
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| Hasseltia floribunda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
| Tribe: | Prockieae |
| Genus: | Hasseltia Kunth |
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| Hasseltia floribunda Kunth | |
| Species | |
Hasseltia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains four species of small to medium-sized trees native to the neotropics, ranging from Mexico south to Brazil and Bolivia. The genus is named for the Dutch physician and botanist Johan Conrad van Hasselt.
Hasseltia is unique among Salicaceae in that the species have pseudo-axile placentation, compound umbellate inflorescences, and a pair of glands embedded in the base of the leaf blades. Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae, Hasseltia is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Pleuranthodendron and Macrothumia, with which they are commonly confused.
References
- ^ Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of Hasseltia (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 58(3): 277-284.
- Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
- Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. Arnaldoa 10: 19-38.
- Gentry, A. H. 1993. A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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