Homonoia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Homonoia
Species: H. intermedia – H. retusa – H. riparia
Name

Homonoia Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 636 (1790).

Type species: Homonoia riparia Lour.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lumanaja Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 821 (1837).
Haematospermum Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.º 7953 (1847), nom. nud

References
Primary references

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 636.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Homonoia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Homonoia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 04 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Homonoia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jun 2020.

Vernacular names

Homonoia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1790.[3][4] These are rheophytes and usually found in groups at riverbanks in India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.[5][6][7][8]

Species[2]

Homonoia intermedia Haines - India
Homonoia retusa (Graham ex Wight) Müll.Arg. - India, Vietnam
Homonoia riparia Lour. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Maluku, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

formerly included

moved to other genera (Lasiococca Spathiostemon)

Homonoia comberi - Lasiococca comberi
Homonoia javensis - Spathiostemon javensis
Homonoia pseudoverticillata - Lasiococca comberi
Homonoia symphyllifolia - Lasiococca symphyllifolia

References

1880 illustration from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 601, 636 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Homonoia
Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 167, 247 水柳属 shui liu shu Homonoia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 636. 1790.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.