| Hernandia | |
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| Hernandia nymphaeifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Hernandiaceae |
| Genus: | Hernandia Plum. ex L. |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms1 | |
Hernandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae. It was named after the Spanish botanist Francisco Hernández de Toledo.2
Species
As of May 2026, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:1
- Hernandia albiflora (C.T.White) Kubitzki – northeast Queensland
- Hernandia beninensis Welw. ex Henriq. – São Tomé
- Hernandia bivalvis Benth. – eastern Queensland
- Hernandia catalpifolia Britton & Harris – Jamaica
- Hernandia cordigera Vieill. – New Caledonia
- Hernandia cubensis Griseb. – Cuba
- Hernandia didymantha Donn.Sm. – southern Mexico (Chiapas), Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador
- Hernandia drakeana Nadeaud – Society Islands (Moorea)
- Hernandia guianensis Aubl. – Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil
- Hernandia hammelii D'Arcy – Panama
- Hernandia jamaicensis Britton & Harris – Jamaica
- Hernandia kunstleri King ex K.Heyne
- Hernandia labyrinthica Tuyama – New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Marianas
- Hernandia leucomphala (Hoffmanns.) Steud.
- Hernandia lychnifera Grayum & N.Zamora – Ecuador
- Hernandia mascarenensis (Meisn.) Kubitzki – Mauritius and Réunion
- Hernandia moerenhoutiana Guill. – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands, Niue, and Wallis and Futuna
- Hernandia nukuhivensis F.Br. – Marquesas Islands
- Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki – Madagascar, Indian Ocean islands, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland), and South Pacific
- Hernandia obovata O.C.Schmidt – Haiti
- Hernandia olivacea Gillespie – Fiji
- Hernandia ovigera L. – Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, and South Pacific
- Hernandia ovigera subsp. stokesii (F.Br.) J.Florence – Pitcairn Islands, Society Islands, and Tubuai Islands
- Hernandia papuana C.T.White
- Hernandia rostrata Kubitzki – Solomon Islands
- Hernandia samoensis Hochr.
- Hernandia sonora L. – Mexico and the Caribbean islands
- Hernandia stenura Standl. – southern Mexico, Central America, and Colombia
- Hernandia temarii Nadeaud – Society Islands (Tahiti)
- Hernandia voyronii Jum. – Madagascar
- Hernandia wendtii Espejo – central Mexico to Honduras
References
References
- "Hernandia Plum. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- Quattrocchi, U. Hernandia. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press, 2012. Page 1962.
External links
External links
- Taxonomy
- Hernandiaceae at the University of Hawaii
- links at CSDL, Texas Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, W. Arthur Whistler.
- PPP-Index Pflanzerneinkaufsfürer für Europa [1]