Hestia longifolia

Hestia is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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]

Hestia longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Schismatoglottideae
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.

References

  1. 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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