Lunania

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Lunania
Lunania parviflora in southeastern Nicaragua.jpg
Lunania parviflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Samydoideae
Genus: Lunania
Hook.
Species

15; see text

Synonyms

Symbryon Griseb.

Lunania is a neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. [1] [2]

Contents

The genus spans from southern Mexico to central South America and throughout the Caribbean. [1] They typically grow as shrubs or trees. [2]

Known species

The following plants are accepted by Plants of the World Online: [1]

Related Research Articles

Bonania is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850. It is native to the West Indies.

  1. Bonania cubanaA.Rich. - Bahamas, Cuba
  2. Bonania domingensis(Urb.) Urb. - Haiti, Dominican Rep
  3. Bonania ellipticaUrb. - Cuba
  4. Bonania emarginataC.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba
  5. Bonania erythrosperma(Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba
  6. Bonania linearifoliaUrb. & Ekman - Haiti
  7. Bonania myricifolia(Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Guantánamo but extinct
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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lunania Hook. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  2. 1 2 "Lunania Hook". www.worldfloraonline.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2025-01-21.