Hunga

Genus of plants

Hunga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Hunga
Prance
Type species
Hunga rhamnoides
(Guillaumin) Prance[1]

Hunga is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described by British botanist Ghillean Prance in 1979. Species in this genus are native to New Guinea and New Caledonia.

Species

This genus includes the following species:[2]

  • Hunga cordata Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga gerontogea (Schltr.) Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga guillauminii Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga lifouana (Däniker) Prance – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
  • Hunga longifolia Prance – Papua New Guinea
  • Hunga mackeeana Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga minutiflora (Baker f.) Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga myrsinoides (Schltr.) Prance – New Caledonia
  • Hunga novoguineensis Prance – Papua New Guinea
  • Hunga papuana (Baker f.) Prance – Papua New Guinea
  • Hunga rhamnoides (Guillaumin) Prance – New Caledonia

References

  1. ^ Prance, Ghillean T. (1979). "New Genera and Species of Chrysobalanaceae from Malesia and Oceania". Brittonia. 31 (1): 79–91. doi:10.2307/2806677. JSTOR 2806677.
  2. ^ "Hunga Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
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