Hestia longifolia
| Hestia longifolia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Orontioideae |
| Genus: | Hestia S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce 2010 |
| Species: | H. longifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hestia longifolia (Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hestia is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae, formally described in 2010.[2] It contains only one known species, Hestia longifolia, native to Perak in Peninsular Malaysia and to Brunei and Sarawak on the island of Borneo.[1][3][4][5]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 250 (2010).
- ↑ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
- ↑ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7
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