Hernandia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Hernandiaceae
Genus: Hernandia
Species: H. albiflora – H. beninensis – H. bivalvis – H. catalpifolia – H. cordigera – H. cubensis – H. didymantha – H. drakeana – H. guianensis – H. hammelii – H. jamaicensis – H. labyrinthica – H. lychnifera – H. mascarenensis – H. moerenhoutiana – H. nukuhivensis – H. nymphaeifolia – H. obovata – H. olivacea – H. ovigera – H. rostrata – H. sonora – H. stenura – H. temarii – H. voyronii – H. wendtii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hernandia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.

Name

Hernandia Plum. ex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 981 (1753).

Typus (by monotypy): Hernandia sonora L.

Synonyms

Biassolettia Endl., Gen. 1004 (1840)
Hernandezia Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl. Nachtr. 1: 219 (1824)
Hernandiopsis Meisn., DC. Prod. 15(1): 264 (1864)
Hertelia Neck., Elem. 2: 345 (1790)
Valvanthera C.T.White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., 47: 76 (1935)(1936)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Cambodia, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panama, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 981. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Hernandia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Hernandia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 12 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Hernandia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hernandia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hernandia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Aug 22.

Vernacular names
العربية: هرناندية
čeština: Stukač
suomi: Rakkomarjat
Tiếng Việt: Chi Liên diệp đồng
中文: 莲叶桐属

Hernandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae. It was named after the Spanish botanist Francisco Hernández de Toledo.[1]
Species

As of January 2018, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

Hernandia albiflora (C.T.White) Kubitzki
Hernandia beninensis Welw. ex Henriq.
Hernandia bivalvis Benth.
Hernandia catalpifolia Britton & Harris
Hernandia cordigera Vieill.
Hernandia cubensis Griseb.
Hernandia didymantha Donn.Sm.
Hernandia drakeana Nadeaud
Hernandia guianensis Aubl.
Hernandia hammelii D'Arcy
Hernandia jamaicensis Britton & Harris
Hernandia kunstleri King ex K.Heyne
Hernandia leucomphala (Hoffmanns.) Steud.
Hernandia lychnifera Grayum & N.Zamora
Hernandia mascarenensis (Meisn.) Kubitzki
Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guill.
Hernandia nukuhivensis F.Br.
Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki
Hernandia obovata O.C.Schmidt
Hernandia olivacea Gillespie
Hernandia ovigera L.
Hernandia papuana C.T.White
Hernandia rostrata Kubitzki
Hernandia samoensis Hochr.
Hernandia sonora L.
Hernandia stenura Standl.
Hernandia stokesii (F.Br.) Kubitzki
Hernandia temarii Nadeaud
Hernandia voyronii Jum.
Hernandia wendtii Espejo

References

Quattrocchi, U. Hernandia. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press, 2012. Page 1962.
"Hernandia: Accepted Species". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-01-16.