Bonania is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850.[2][3] It is native to the West Indies.[1][4]

Bonania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Bonania
A.Rich.
Synonyms[1]

Hypocoton Urb.

species[1]
  1. Bonania cubana A.Rich. - Bahamas, Cuba
  2. Bonania domingensis (Urb.) Urb. - Haiti, Dominican Rep
  3. Bonania elliptica Urb. - Cuba
  4. Bonania emarginata C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
  5. Bonania erythrosperma (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba
  6. Bonania linearifolia Urb. & Ekman - Haiti
  7. Bonania myricifolia (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Guantánamo but extinct
formerly included[1]

moved to Sapium

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Richard, Achille. 1850. in Sagra, Ramón de la, Historia Física Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Botánica 11: 201 in Latin with notes in Spanish
  3. ^ Tropicos, Bonania R. Richard in Sagra
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.