Biology:Haumania

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Haumania
Chikwangue leaf wrap - Haumania liebrechtsiana plant.jpg
Haumania liebrechtsiana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Haumania
J.Léonard

Haumania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae. It is native to central Africa.[1] As of March 2022, Kew and Plants of the World Online accepts three species:[2]

  • Haumania danckelmaniana (J.Braun & K.Schum.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 162 (1950). - Africa (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)
  • Haumania leonardiana C.M.Evrard & Bamps, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 370 (1959). - Congo-Kinshasa
  • Haumania liebrechtsiana (De Wild. & T.Durand) J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 454 (1949). - Africa (Cabinda, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)

Kew does not accept Haumania microphylla Hoogland, Blumea, Suppl. 4: 228 (1958). - New Guinea and Haumania walkeri Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 33: 212 (1958). - Japan as valid species.[2]

References

  1. Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard. 1949. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 19: 453
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Haumania J.Léonard | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26115-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q9002260 entry