Homonoia (plant) explained

Homonoia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1790.[1] [2] These are rheophytes and usually found in groups at riverbanks in India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Species
  1. Homonoia intermedia Haines - India
  2. Homonoia retusa (Graham ex Wight) Müll.Arg. - India, Vietnam
  3. Homonoia riparia Lour. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Maluku, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
formerly includedmoved to other genera (Lasiococca Spathiostemon)
  1. Homonoia comberi - Lasiococca comberi
  2. Homonoia javensis - Spathiostemon javensis
  3. Homonoia pseudoverticillata - Lasiococca comberi
  4. Homonoia symphyllifolia - Lasiococca symphyllifolia

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/654294#page/282/mode/1up Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 601, 636
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=100126 Tropicos, genus Homonoia
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=115707 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 167, 247 水柳属 shui liu shu Homonoia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 636. 1790.
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  6. van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.