Hestia longifolia

Hestia longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Orontioideae
Genus: Hestia
S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce 2010
Species: H. longifolia
Binomial name
Hestia longifolia
(Ridl.) S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce
Synonyms[1]
  • Schismatoglottis longifolia Ridl.

Hestia is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae, formally described in 2010.[2] It contains only one known species, Hestia longifolia, native to Perak in Peninsular Malaysia and to Brunei and Sarawak on the island of Borneo.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Bot. Stud. (Taipei) 51: 250 (2010).
  3. ↑ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ↑ Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  5. ↑ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7


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