Barongia

Barongia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1988.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Barongia lophandra, endemic to the Cook region of Queensland, Australia.[3][4]

Barongia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Kanieae
Genus: Barongia
P.G.Wilson & B.Hyland
Species:
B. lophandra
Binomial name
Barongia lophandra

References

  1. Barongia Peter G.Wilson & B.Hyland, Telopea 3: 257-258 (1988)
  2. Tropicos, Barongia P.G. Wilson & B. Hyland
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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