Hirtella

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{For|the fish|Hirtella (fish)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Hirtella santosii Prance (15663751651).jpg

| image_caption = Hirtella santosii, Bahia

| taxon = Hirtella

| authority = L.

| type_species = Hirtella americana

| type_species_authority = L.

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| subdivision =

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| synonyms = *Tachibota Aubl.

• Causea Scop.
• Salmasia Schreb. 1789, illegitimate superfluous name, not Bubani 1873 (syn of Aira in Poaceae)
• Brya Vell. 1829, illegitimate homonym, not P. Browne 1756 (Fabaceae)
• Sphenista Raf.
• Zamzela Raf.

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Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae.{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326035-2|title=Hirtella L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-02-03}} It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358055#page/46/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 34] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40026408 Tropicos, Hirtella L.]Prance, G.T. & Sothers, C.A. (2003). Chrysobalanaceae 1 & 2. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 9, 10: 1-319, 1-268. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.Prance, G. T. & F. White. 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 320: 1–184. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=370601 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Erythroxylaceae a Icacinaceae. 3(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MéxicoPrance, G. T. 1976. Additions to neotropical Chrysobalanaceae. Brittonia 28(2): 209–230 The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.{{Cite journal|last=Prance|first=Ghillean T.|date=July 2007|title=Flora da Reserva Ducke, Amazonas, Brasil: Chrysobalanaceae|journal=Rodriguésia|volume=58|issue=3|pages=493–531|doi=10.1590/2175-7860200758303|issn=2175-7860|doi-access=free}}