Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. is a plant in the Anacardiaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. (Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn.)
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Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn.

Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn.

Heeria argentea is the only species in the monotypic genus Heeria of Anacardiaceae, native to South Africa's Cape Provinces.

Family
Genus
Heeria
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn.

Heeria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Anacardiaceae family. The single species in this genus is Heeria argentea (Thunb.) Meisn. This species is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The genus name Heeria honors Oswald Heer (1809–1883), a Swiss geologist and naturalist. The Latin specific epithet argentea means silvery. Heeria argentea was first described and published in 1837, in Pl. Vasc. Gen. Volume 2 on page 55.

Photo: (c) Gawie Malan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gawie Malan · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Anacardiaceae Heeria

More from Anacardiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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