Barongia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1988.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Barongia lophandra, endemic to the Cook region of Queensland, Australia.[3][4]

Barongia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Kanieae
Genus: Barongia
P.G.Wilson & B.Hyland
Species:
B. lophandra
Binomial name
Barongia lophandra

References

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  1. ^ Barongia Peter G.Wilson & B.Hyland, Telopea 3: 257-258 (1988)
  2. ^ Tropicos, Barongia P.G. Wilson & B. Hyland
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.