Hernandia

Hernandia
File:Hernandia nymphaeifolia.jpg
Hernandia nymphaeifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Hernandiaceae
Genus:	Hernandia L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Hazomalamia Capuron Hernandiopsis Meisn. Hertelia Neck. Valvanthera C.T.White

File:Hernandia cordigera MHNT.BOT.2010.6.66.jpg

Hernandia cordigera - MHNT

Hernandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae. It was named after the Spanish botanist Francisco Hernández de Toledo.

Species

As of February 2014 The Plant List recognises 15 accepted species (including infraspecific names):

• Hernandia albiflora (C.T. White) Kubitzki
• Hernandia beninensis Welw. ex Henriq.
• Hernandia catalpifolia Britton & Harris
• Hernandia cubensis Griseb.
• Hernandia didymantha Donn.Sm.
• Hernandia drakeana Nadeaud – Extinct
• Hernandia guianensis Aubl.
• Hernandia hammelii D'Arcy
• Hernandia jamaicensis Britton & Harris
• Hernandia lychnifera Grayum & N. Zamora
• Hernandia mascarenensis (Meisn.) Kubitzki
• Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guill.
  • subsp. samoensis (Hochr.) Kubitzki
• Hernandia nukuhivensis F.Br.
• Hernandia nymphaeifolia (J.Presl) Kubitzki
• Hernandia olivacea Gillespie
• Hernandia sonora L.
• Hernandia stenura Standl.
• Hernandia stokesii (F. Br.) Kubitzki
• Hernandia tahitensis J.W.Moore
• Hernandia temarii Nadeaud
• Hernandia wendtii Espejo

External links

• Taxonomy
• Hernandiaceae at the University of Hawaii
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas
• Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, W. Arthur Whistler.
• PPP-Index Pflanzerneinkaufsfürer für Europa [1]

• Quattrochi, U. Hernandia. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press, 2012. Page 1962.