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Kania (plant)

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Kania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Kanieae
Genus: Kania
Schltr.

Kania is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1914.[1][2] The entire genus is native to New Guinea and the Philippines.[3]

Species[3]

  1. Kania eugenioides Schltr. - New Guinea
  2. Kania hirsutula (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott - New Guinea
  3. Kania microphylla (Quisumb. & Merr.) Peter G.Wilson - Philippines
  4. Kania nettotensis A.J.Scott - W New Guinea
  5. Kania platyphylla A.J.Scott - W New Guinea
  6. Kania urdanetensis (Elmer) Peter G.Wilson - Mindanao

References

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  1. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1914. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 119-120 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German; line drawing as illustration
  2. ^ Tropicos, Kania Schltr.
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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