''Hegnera'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. The only species is ''Hegnera obcordata''. Its native range is

Indo-China Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

to western

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

. It is found in the countries of Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam. The genus name of ''Hegnera'' is in honour of Johanna "Hansli" Cnefelius, née Hegner, a friend of the author of the genus,

Anton Karl Schindler Anton Karl Schindler (15 August 1879 in Bremen – 1964) was a German dentist and botanist. He studied botany at the universities of Göttingen, Strasbourg and Halle, receiving his doctorate at Erlangen in 1904. From 1905 to 1910 he conducted ...

. The Latin

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

of ''obcordata'' refers to the

obcordate The following terms are used to describe leaf plant morphology, morphology in the description and taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade ...

shape of the leaves. ''Hegnera obcordata'' was first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.20 on page 285 in 1924. ''Hegnera obcordata'' has the following synonyms; ''Desmodium obcordatum'' , ''Meibomia obcordata'' and ''Uraria obcordata'' .

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17425856 Desmodieae Monotypic Fabaceae genera Plants described in 1861 Flora of Malesia Flora of Indo-China