Hedycarya

Hedycarya
Hedycarya arborea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Hedycarya
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.[1]
Species

16; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Carnegiea Perkins (1911), nom. illeg.
  • Carnegieodoxa Perkins (1914)
  • Monimiopsis Vieill. ex Perkins (1911)

Hedycarya is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants in the family Monimiaceae[2] native to eastern Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands.[1] Plants in the genus Hedycarya are shrubs, or small to medium trees with sometimes toothed leaves. The male and female flowers cup-shaped and are borne on separate plants. Male flowers usually have 8 tepals and many stamens and female flowers are have 6 to 12 tepals with many carpels. The fruit is a cluster of drupes.

  1. ^ a b c Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G; Bittrich, Volker, eds. (1993). Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5. S2CID 38606188.