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Hunga
Sign in to saveHunga 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyChrysobalanaceae
General: The three New Guinea species of Hunga are known from very
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Chrysobalanaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, BRIT, BPBM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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- Parent taxon
- Chrysobalanaceae
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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.
==Species== This genus includes the following species: 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
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