title: Helietta
text: # Helietta
  
  Helietta is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as barettas, barretas, or barrettas. The generic name honors French physician Louis Théodore Hélie (1802–1867).
  
  ## Selected species
  
  * Helietta glaucescens Urban (Cuba)
  * Helietta parvifolia (A.Gray) Benth. (Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Mexico)
  