Luehea
{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Luehea divaricata.jpg
|image_caption = Luehea divaricata
|taxon = Luehea
|authority = Willd.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|synonyms = {{species list
|Alegria |Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
|Brotera |Vell.
|Luhea |DC. }}
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Luehea is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae.{{cite web |title=Luehea Willd. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331735-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 September 2021 |language=en}}
Its native range stretches from Mexico to southern tropical America and Cuba. It is native to the countries of; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
It has been introduced into; Bangladesh, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
The genus name of Luehea is in honour of Carl Emil von der Luehe or Lühe (1751–1801), a German botanist and chamberlain of Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark; later a chamberlain in Vienna, Austria.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}
It was first described and published by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Vol.3 on page 410 in 1801.
Known species
{{Linked species list
|Luehea burretii|M.C.S.Cunha
|Luehea candicans|Mart.
|Luehea candida|(Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Mart.
|Luehea conwentzii|K.Schum.
|Luehea crispa|Krapov.
|Luehea cymulosa|Spruce ex Benth.
|Luehea divaricata|Mart.
|Luehea fiebrigii|Burret
|Luehea grandiflora|Mart.
|Luehea herzogiana|R.E.Fr.
|Luehea × marnierorum|Demoly
|Luehea microcarpa|R.E.Fr.
|Luehea ochrophylla|Mart.
|Luehea paniculata|Mart.
|Luehea seemannii|Triana & Planch.
|Luehea speciosa|Willd.
|Luehea splendens|Rusby
|Luehea steinbachii|Burret
|Luehea tomentella|Rusby
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The type species is Luehea speciosa.
According to the IUCN Red List of plants; Luehea candicans, Luehea candida, Luehea speciosa, Luehea cymulosa, Luehea divaricata, Luehea paniculata, Luehea ochrophylla and Luehea seemannii are all listed as Least concern plants.{{cite web |title=Species of Luehea |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=108427&searchType=species |website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |access-date=17 September 2021}}
References
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Category:Plants described in 1801
Category:Flora of Central America
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