Hunga is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described by British botanist Ghillean Prance in 1979. Species in this genus are native to New Guinea and New Caledonia.
| Hunga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Genus: | Hunga Prance |
| Type species | |
| Hunga rhamnoides (Guillaumin) Prance[1]
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Species
editThis genus includes the following species:[2]
- Hunga cordata Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga gerontogea (Schltr.) Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga guillauminii Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga lifouana (Däniker) Prance – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
- Hunga longifolia Prance – Papua New Guinea
- Hunga mackeeana Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga minutiflora (Baker f.) Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga myrsinoides (Schltr.) Prance – New Caledonia
- Hunga novoguineensis Prance – Papua New Guinea
- Hunga papuana (Baker f.) Prance – Papua New Guinea
- Hunga rhamnoides (Guillaumin) Prance – New Caledonia
References
edit- ^ Prance, Ghillean T. (1979). "New Genera and Species of Chrysobalanaceae from Malesia and Oceania". Brittonia. 31 (1): 79–91. doi:10.2307/2806677. JSTOR 2806677.
- ^ "Hunga Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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