Hegnera

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Hegnera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hegnera
Schindl.
Species:
H. obcordata
Binomial name
Hegnera obcordata
(Miq.) Schindl.

Hegnera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. [1] The only species is Hegnera obcordata.[2]

Its native range is Indo-China to western Malesia. It is found in the countries of Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam.[2]

The genus name of Hegnera is in honour of Johanna "Hansli" Cnefelius, née Hegner, a friend of the author of the genus, Anton Karl Schindler.[3] The Latin specific epithet of obcordata refers to the obcordate shape of the leaves.[4] Hegnera obcordata was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.20 on page 285 in 1924.[2]

Hegnera obcordata has the following synonyms; Desmodium obcordatum (Miq.) Kurz, Meibomia obcordata (Miq.) Kuntze and Uraria obcordata Miq..[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hegnera Schindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hegnera obcordata (Miq.) Schindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780958034180.
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