''Haumania'' is a genus of plants native to parts of central Africa.
[Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard. 1949. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 19: 453] As of March 2022, Kew and
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
accepts that it only contains 3 recognized species:
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Haumania danckelmaniana''
(J.Braun & K.Schum.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 5: 162 (1950). - Africa (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)
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Haumania leonardiana''
C.M.Evrard & Bamps, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 370 (1959). - Congo-Kinshasa
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Haumania liebrechtsiana
''Haumania liebrechtsiana'' is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. It grows as an understorey herb or climber in tropical forests in Central Africa. The leaves and shoots are eaten by gorillas and chimpanzees, and the leaves and stems h ...
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(De Wild. & T.Durand) J.Léonard, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 454 (1949). - Africa (
Cabinda, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa)
Kew does not accept ''
Haumania microphylla''
Hoogland, Blumea, Suppl. 4: 228 (1958). - New Guinea and ''
Haumania walkeri''
Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 33: 212 (1958). - Japan as valid species.
References
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Marantaceae
Zingiberales genera