# Hiraea

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Hiraea bullata W.R.Anderson (6999588231).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Hiraea bullata](/source/Hiraea_bullata)''
| taxon = Hiraea
| authority = [Jacq.](/source/Jacq.)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Over 55 species
}}

'''''Hiraea''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Malpighiaceae](/source/Malpighiaceae). The genus ''Hiraea'' comprises over 55 [species](/source/species) of woody vines and shrubs found in diverse habitats, except very dry vegetation types, in the New World [tropics](/source/tropics) and [subtropics](/source/subtropics) from western Mexico to Paraguay and adjacent Argentina and south-eastern Brazil; it also occurs in the [Lesser Antilles](/source/Lesser_Antilles) in [Grenada](/source/Grenada) and [St. Lucia](/source/St._Lucia).

''Hiraea faginea'' and ''H. fagifolia'' are among the most widespread species. ''[Hiraea perplexa](/source/Hiraea_perplexa)'' of Ecuador is included in the [http://www.iucnredlist.org IUCN Red List of Threatened Species].

==External links==
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*[http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/HirClade/Hiraea/Hir1.html Herbarium.lsa.umich.edu: ''Hiraea'']
*[http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/index.html Herbarium.lsa.umich.edu: Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature]

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Category:Malpighiaceae
Category:Malpighiaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm
Category:Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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