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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Hiraea bullata W.R.Anderson (6999588231).jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Hiraea bullata]]''
|taxon = Hiraea
|authority = [[Jacq.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = Over 55 species; see text
}}
'''''Hiraea''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[Malpighiaceae]], a [[family (biology)|family]] of about 75 genera of [[flowering plant]]s in the order [[Malpighiales]]. ''Hiraea'' comprises over 55 [[species]] of woody vines and shrubs found in diverse habitats, except very dry vegetation types, in the New World [[tropics]] and [[subtropics]] from western [[Mexico]] to [[Paraguay]] and adjacent [[Argentina]] and southeastern [[Brazil]]; it also occurs in the [[Lesser Antilles]] in [[Grenada]] and [[St. Lucia]].
''Hiraea faginea'' and ''H. fagifolia'' are among the most widespread species. ''[[Hiraea perplexa]]'' W. R. Anderson 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:Neotropical realm flora]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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