Haumania is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae. It is native to central Africa.[1] As of March 2022, Kew and Plants of the World Online accepts three species:[2]

  • Haumania danckelmaniana (J.Braun & K.Schum.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 162 (1950). - Africa (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)
  • Haumania leonardiana C.M.Evrard & Bamps, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 370 (1959). - Congo-Kinshasa
  • Haumania liebrechtsiana (De Wild. & T.Durand) J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 454 (1949). - Africa (Cabinda, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)
Haumania
Haumania liebrechtsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Marantaceae
Genus: Haumania
J.Léonard

Kew does not accept Haumania microphylla Hoogland, Blumea, Suppl. 4: 228 (1958). - New Guinea and Haumania walkeri Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 33: 212 (1958). - Japan as valid species.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard. 1949. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 19: 453
  2. ^ a b "Haumania J.Léonard | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 March 2022.