| Cordia
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| Cordia boissieri in bloom
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Boraginales
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| Family:
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Cordiaceae
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| Genus:
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Cordia
L.
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| Type species
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Cordia myxa
L.
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| Species
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228; see text
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| Synonyms
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- Acnadena Raf.
- Ascanica Crantz
- Auxemma Miers
- Borellia Neck., opus utique oppr.
- Bourgia Scop.
- Calyptracordia Britton
- Carpiphea Raf.
- Catonia Raf., nom. illeg.
- Cerdana Ruiz & Pav.
- Cienkowskia Regel & Rach
- Coilanthera Raf.
- Collococcus P.Browne
- Colococca Raf.
- Cordiada Vell.
- Cordiopsis Desv.
- Ectemis Raf.
- Gerascanthus P.Browne
- Gynaion A.DC.
- Hemigymnia Griff.
- Lithocardium L. ex Kuntze, nom. superfl.
- Macielia Vand.
- Macria Ten., nom. illeg.
- Myxa (Endl.) Lindl.
- Novella Raf.
- Paradigma Miers
- Patagonica Boehm., nom. superfl.
- Patagonula L.
- Physoclada (DC.) Lindl.
- Pilicordia (A.DC.) Lindl.
- Plethostephia Miers
- Purkinjia C.Presl
- Quarena Raf.
- Rhabdocalyx Lindl.
- Saccellium Bonpl.
- Salimori Adans.
- Sebestena Gaertn., nom. illeg.
- Sebestena Boehm.
- Toquera Raf.
- Tsiemtani Adans.
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Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cordiaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.
The generic name honours German botanist and pharmacist Valerius Cordus (1515–1544). Like most other Boraginales, the majority have trichomes (hairs) on the leaves.