Hirtella is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Hirtella naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar. The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies.

Species

List of accepted species according to Kew: • # Hirtella adderleyi - S Venezuela • # Hirtella adenophora - Meta • # Hirtella aequatoriensis - Ecuador • # Hirtella americana - Guerrero to Ecuador; Cuba, Dom Rep • # Hirtella angustifolia - Brazil • # Hirtella angustissima - Guyana, Fr Guiana • # Hirtella araguariensis - N Brazil, Fr Guiana • # Hirtella aramangensis - N Peru • # Hirtella arenosa - N Brazil • # Hirtella bahiensis - Bahia, Espírito Santo • # Hirtella barnebyi - Rondônia • # Hirtella barrosoi - Rio de Janeiro • # Hirtella beckii - Bolivia • # Hirtella bicornis - trop South America • # Hirtella brachystachys - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, NW Brazil • # Hirtella bullata - N South America • # Hirtella burchellii - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia • # Hirtella caduca - Guyana, Bolívar • # Hirtella carbonaria - S Colombia, N Ecuador • # Hirtella castillana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela • # Hirtella ciliata - Guyana, Fr Guiana, Brazil • # Hirtella conduplicata - Amazonas B • # Hirtella confertiflora - Amazonas V • # Hirtella cordifolia - Amazonas V • # Hirtella corymbosa - Bahia, Espírito Santo • # Hirtella couepiiflora - Fr Guiana, Amapá • # Hirtella cowanii - Amazonas V • # Hirtella davisii - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Venezuela, N Brazil, Fr Guiana, Guyana • # Hirtella deflexa - S Venezuela • # Hirtella dorvalii - N Brazil • # Hirtella duckei - trop South America • # Hirtella elongata - NW South America • # Hirtella enneandra - Colombia • # Hirtella eriandra - trop South America • # Hirtella excelsa - W South America • # Hirtella fasciculata - N Brazil • # Hirtella floribunda - Minas Gerais • # Hirtella glabrata - S Venezuela, N Brazil • # Hirtella glandulistipula - Fr Guiana, N Brazil • # Hirtella glandulosa - trop South America • # Hirtella glaziovii - S Brazil • # Hirtella gracilipes - trop South America • # Hirtella guainiae - trop South America • # Hirtella guatemalensis - Central America • # Hirtella guyanensis - Venezuela, Guyana • # Hirtella hebeclada - SE Brazil • # Hirtella hispidula - trop South America • # Hirtella hoehnei - Brazil • # Hirtella insignis - Bahia, Espírito Santo • # Hirtella juruenensis - Mato Grosso • # Hirtella kuhlmannii - Mato Grosso, Pará • # Hirtella lancifolia - Pará • # Hirtella latifolia - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador • # Hirtella lemsii - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras • # Hirtella leonotis - N Colombia, N Venezuela • # Hirtella liesneri - SE Colombia, S Venezuela • # Hirtella lightioides - Peru, Bolivia • # Hirtella longifolia - Amazonas B • # Hirtella longipedicellata - N Brazil, S Venezuela • # Hirtella macrophylla - trop South America • # Hirtella macrosepala - E Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname • # Hirtella magnifolia - SE Colombia, N Peru, N Brazil • # Hirtella maguirei - Meta • # Hirtella margae - Guyana, Suriname, Fr Guiana • # Hirtella martiana - Brazil • # Hirtella mucronata - Guyana, Suriname, N Brazil • # Hirtella mutisii - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru • # Hirtella myrmecophila - N Brazil • # Hirtella obidensis - Guyana, Suriname, N Brazil • # Hirtella orbicularis - Cerro Duida • # Hirtella paniculata - St. Vincent, Trinidad, N South America • # Hirtella papillata - Costa Rica, Honduras • # Hirtella paraensis - NE Brazil • # Hirtella parviunguis - Espírito Santo • # Hirtella pauciflora - Ecuador • # Hirtella pendula - Lesser Antilles • # Hirtella physophora - N South America • # Hirtella pilosissima - trop South America • # Hirtella pimichina - S Venezuela, N Brazil • # Hirtella piresii - trop South America • # Hirtella punctillata - NE South America • # Hirtella racemosa - Veracruz to Bolivia, Trinidad, Jamaica • # Hirtella radamii - Roraima • # Hirtella rasa - Peru, Acre • # Hirtella revillae - N Peru • # Hirtella rodriguesii - Loreto, NW Brazil • # Hirtella rugosa - Puerto Rico, Dom Rep • # Hirtella santosii - Bahia • # Hirtella scaberula - Amazonas B • # Hirtella scabra - N South America • # Hirtella schultesii - NW South America • # Hirtella silicea - NE South America, Trinidad • # Hirtella sprucei - Brazil • # Hirtella standleyi - Loreto • # Hirtella subglanduligera - Acre • # Hirtella subscandens - S Venezuela, N Brazil • # Hirtella suffulta - N Brazil, Fr Guiana • # Hirtella tentaculata - NE South America • # Hirtella tenuifolia - N Brazil, Fr Guiana, Suriname • # Hirtella thouarsiana - Madagascar • # Hirtella tocantina - N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia • # Hirtella triandra - West Indies; C Mexico to Bolivia • # Hirtella trichotoma - Costa Rica • # Hirtella tubiflora - Costa Rica to Ecuador • # Hirtella ulei - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil • # Hirtella vesiculosa - SE Colombia • # Hirtella zanzibarica - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia