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Hevea
Hevea is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, with about ten members. It is also one of many names used commercially for the wood of the most economically important rubber tree, H. brasiliensis. The genus is native to tropical South America but is widely cultivated in other tropical countries and naturalized in several of them. It was first described in 1775.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
rubber tree
speciesHevea brasiliensis
Hevea guianensis
speciesHevea guianensis
Hevea pauciflora
speciesHevea pauciflora
Hevea nitida
speciesHevea nitida
Hevea spruceana
speciesHevea spruceana
Hevea benthamiana
speciesHevea benthamiana
Hevea camargoana
speciesHevea camargoana
Hevea microphylla
speciesHevea microphylla
Hevea rigidifolia
speciesHevea rigidifolia
Hevea camporum
speciesHevea camporum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53955.