Haumania Explained

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)

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]

Notes and References

1. Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard. 1949. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 19: 453
2. Web site: Haumania J.Léonard Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 30 March 2022 . en.