Family · Monocots
Hanguanaceae
Hanguana
Single genus of dioecious rhizomatous herbs of tropical Asia and Australia, often growing in wet habitats.
- Accepted species
- 23accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈7 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Hanguana malayana
- Hanguana
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical23
- Australasia1
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Hanguanaceae sits in the order Commelinales.