Hernandia
| Hernandia | |
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| Hernandia nymphaeifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Hernandiaceae |
| Genus: | Hernandia Plum. ex L. |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Hernandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae. It was named after the Spanish botanist Francisco Hernández de Toledo.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[1]
- Hernandia albiflora (C.T.White) Kubitzki – northeast Queensland
- Hernandia beninensis Welw. ex Henriq. – São Tomé
- Hernandia bivalvis Benth. – eastern Queensland
- Hernandia catalpifolia Britton & Harris – Jamaica
- Hernandia cordigera Vieill. – New Caledonia
- Hernandia cubensis Griseb. – Cuba
- Hernandia didymantha Donn.Sm. – southern Mexico (Chiapas), Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador
- Hernandia drakeana Nadeaud – Society Islands (Moorea)
- Hernandia guianensis Aubl. – Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
- Hernandia hammelii D'Arcy – Panama
- Hernandia jamaicensis Britton & Harris – Jamaica
- Hernandia kunstleri King ex K.Heyne
- Hernandia labyrinthica Tuyama – New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Marianas
- Hernandia leucomphala (Hoffmanns.) Steud.
- Hernandia lychnifera Grayum & N.Zamora – Ecuador
- Hernandia mascarenensis (Meisn.) Kubitzki – Mauritius and Réunion
- Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guill. – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands, Niue, and Wallis and Futuna
- Hernandia nukuhivensis F.Br. – Marquesas Islands
- Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki – Madagascar, Indian Ocean islands, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland), and South Pacific
- Hernandia obovata O.C.Schmidt – Haiti
- Hernandia olivacea Gillespie – Fiji
- Hernandia ovigera L. – Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, and South Pacific
- Hernandia ovigera subsp. stokesii (F.Br.) J.Florence – Pitcairn Islands, Society Islands, and Tubuai Islands
- Hernandia papuana C.T.White
- Hernandia rostrata Kubitzki – Solomon Islands
- Hernandia samoensis Hochr.
- Hernandia sonora L. – Mexico and the Caribbean islands
- Hernandia stenura Standl. – southern Mexico, Central America, and Colombia
- Hernandia temarii Nadeaud – Society Islands (Tahiti)
- Hernandia voyronii Jum. – Madagascar
- Hernandia wendtii Espejo – central Mexico to Honduras
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Hernandia Plum. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, U. Hernandia. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press, 2012. Page 1962.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hernandia.
- Taxonomy
- Hernandiaceae at the University of Hawaii
- links at CSDL, Texas Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, W. Arthur Whistler.
- PPP-Index Pflanzerneinkaufsfürer für Europa