Hedycarya

Hedycarya
Hedycarya arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Monimiaceae
Genus:	Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Carnegiea Perkins Carnegieodoxa Perkins

Hedycarya is a genus of trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. Species occur in South East Asia, New Caledonia, Australia and Polynesia including New Zealand.^[1]

The genus was named and formerly described in 1776 by botanists Johann and Georg Forster in Characteres Generum Plantarum .^[2]

Selected species

Hedycarya alternifolia Hemsl. –
Hedycarya angustifolia A.Cunn. – Australian, Austral or Native Mulberry (native to Australia)
Hedycarya aragoensis Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.– Pigeonwood or Porokaiwhiri (endemic to New Zealand)
Hedycarya badaunii Baill.– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya balansaei Perkins –
Hedycarya caledonica Guillaumin –
Hedycarya chrysophylla Perkins– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya comptonii S.Moore –
Hedycarya crassifolia Gillespie –
Hedycarya cupulata Baill.– Niambo (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya denticulata (A.Gray) Perkins & Gilg– (endemic to Samoa)
Hedycarya dorstenioides A.Gray –
Hedycarya engleriana S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya erythrocarpa Perkins –
Hedycarya grandiflora Perkins –
Hedycarya microcarpa Perkins –
Hedycarya neoebudica Guillaumin –
Hedycarya ovalifolia Guillaumin –
Hedycarya parvifolia Perkins & Schltr.– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya perbracteolata Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya perkinsiana S.Moore –
Hedycarya rivularis Guillaumin– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya saligna S.Moore –
Hedycarya sinuato–dentata Perkins –
Hedycarya spectabilis Perkins –
Hedycarya symplocoides S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)
Hedycarya tapeinospermifolia Guillaumin –
Hedycarya verticillata Guillaumin–

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