Hedycarya

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Laurales > Monimiaceae  > Hedycarya 

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Plant  information

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• A dioecious tree or shrub

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Distribution:                  

• South East Asia, New Caledonia, Australia and Polynesia including New Zealand

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Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus was named and formerly described in 1776 by botanists Johann and Georg Forster in Characteres Generum Plantarum

  • The limit of the genus may require change as it appears paraphyletic in phylogenetic analyses, with the genera Kibaropsis and Levieria nested in it

• Selected species

  • Hedycarya alternifolia Hemsl. –

  • Hedycarya angustifolia A.Cunn. – Australian, Austral or Native Mulberry (native to Australia)

  • Hedycarya aragoensis Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.– Pigeonwood or Porokaiwhiri (endemic to New Zealand)

  • Hedycarya badaunii Baill.– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya balansaei Perkins –

  • Hedycarya caledonica Guillaumin –

  • Hedycarya chrysophylla Perkins– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya comptonii S.Moore –

  • Hedycarya crassifolia Gillespie –

  • Hedycarya cupulata Baill.– Niambo (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya denticulata (A.Gray) Perkins & Gilg– (endemic to Samoa)

  • Hedycarya dorstenioides A.Gray –

  • Hedycarya engleriana S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya erythrocarpa Perkins –

  • Hedycarya grandiflora Perkins –

  • Hedycarya microcarpa Perkins –

  • Hedycarya neoebudica Guillaumin –

  • Hedycarya ovalifolia Guillaumin –

  • Hedycarya parvifolia Perkins & Schltr.– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya perbracteolata Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya perkinsiana S.Moore –

  • Hedycarya rivularis Guillaumin– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya saligna S.Moore –

  • Hedycarya sinuato–dentata Perkins –

  • Hedycarya spectabilis Perkins –

  • Hedycarya symplocoides S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)

  • Hedycarya tapeinospermifolia Guillaumin –

  • Hedycarya verticillata Guillaumin

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedycarya (2023)