Illigera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Hernandiaceae
Genus: Illigera
Species: I. appendiculata – I. aromatica – I. brevistaminata – I. cava – I. celebica – I. cordata – I. elegans – I. gammiei – I. glabra – I. grandiflora – I. henryi – I. khasiana – I. luzonensis – I. madagascariensis – I. megaptera – I. nervosa – I. novoguineensis – I. orbiculata – I. parviflora – I. pentaphylla – I. pierrei – I. pseudoparviflora – I. pulchra – I. rhodantha – I. thorelii – I. trifoliata – I. vespertilio – I. villosa
Name

Illigera Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1153. (1826)

Type species: Illigera appendiculata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1153. (1826)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Gronovia Blanco
Henschelia C.Presl
Corysadenia Griff.
Coryzadenia Griff.

References

Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 11de Stuk. Pp. 529–577. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. : 17: 1153.

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. Illigera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Illigera. Published online. Accessed: Oct 12 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Illigera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Illigera. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Illigera[1][2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae, found tropical regions of Africa and Asia.
Species

To date, 53 species have been named, but only the following are accepted:[3]

Illigera appendiculata Blume (type species)
Illigera aromatica S.Z. Huang & S.L. Mo
Illigera brevistaminata Y.R. Li
Illigera celebica Miq.
Illigera cordata Dunn
Illigera glabra Y.R. Li
Illigera grandiflora W.W. Sm. & Jeffrey
Illigera henryi W.W. Sm.
Illigera khasiana C.B. Clarke
Illigera luzonensis (C. Presl) Merr.
Illigera nervosa Merr.
Illigera orbiculata C.Y. Wu
Illigera parviflora Dunn
Illigera pentaphylla Welw.
Illigera pseudoparviflora Y.R. Li
Illigera rhodantha Hance (synonym I. petelotii)
Illigera trifoliata (Griff.) Dunn
Illigera vespertilio (Benth.) Baker f.

Other[2] unresolved species include:

Illigera cardiophylla
Illigera coryzadenia
Illigera cucullata
Illigera dasyphylla
Illigera diptera
Illigera dubia
Illigera dunniana
Illigera elegans
Illigera elliptifolia
Illigera fordii
Illigera gammiei
Illigera glandulosa
Illigera kurzii
Illigera lucida
Illigera madagascariensis
Illigera megaptera
Illigera meyeniana
Illigera mollissima
Illigera novoguineensis
Illigera obtusa
Illigera ovatifolia
Illigera pierrei
Illigera platyandra
Illigera pubescens
Illigera pulchra
Illigera reticulata
Illigera rhodanthe
Illigera ternata
Illigera thorelii
Illigera villosa
Illigera yaoshanensis

References

"Illigera". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
The Plant List: Illigera