Hernandia

Hernandia nymphaeifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Hernandiaceae
Genus: Hernandia
Species: H. albiflora – H. beninensis – H. bivalvis – H. catalpifolia – H. cordigera – H. cubensis – H. didymantha – H. drakeana – H. guianensis – H. hammelii – H. jamaicensis – H. labyrinthica – H. lychnifera – H. mascarenensis – H. moerenhoutiana – H. nukuhivensis – H. nymphaeifolia – H. obovata – H. olivacea – H. ovigera – H. rostrata – H. sonora – H. stenura – H. temarii – H. voyronii – H. wendtii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hernandia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.

Name

Hernandia Plum. ex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 981 (1753).

• Typus (by monotypy): Hernandia sonora L.

Synonyms

• Biassolettia Endl., Gen. 1004 (1840)
• Hernandezia Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl. Nachtr. 1: 219 (1824)
• Hernandiopsis Meisn., DC. Prod. 15(1): 264 (1864)
• Hertelia Neck., Elem. 2: 345 (1790)
• Valvanthera C.T.White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., 47: 76 (1935)(1936)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Cambodia, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 981. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hernandia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hernandia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hernandia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Hernandia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hernandia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Aug 22.

Vernacular names

العربية: هرناندية
čeština: Stukač
suomi: Rakkomarjat
Tiếng Việt: Chi Liên diệp đồng
中文: 莲叶桐属

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