''Hemsleya'' is a genus of
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
Cucurbitaceae
The Cucurbitaceae (), also called cucurbits or the gourd family, are a plant family (biology), family consisting of about 965 species in 101 genera. .
Its native range is
Eastern Himalayas
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The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. I ...
to southern China and
Papuasia
Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.
It comprises th ...
. It is native to the countries of
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
(in India),
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about .
History
The first inhabitants of the archipela ...
(island group, part of
Papua New Guinea
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), China,
East Himalayas,
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonics, Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West ...
, New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam.
The genus name of ''Hemsleya'' is in honour of
William Hemsley (1843–1924), an English botanist.
It was first described and published in
J. Linn. Soc.
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the English alphabet.
J may also refer to:
* Palatal approximant in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* J, Cyrillic letter Je
Astronomy
* J, a provisional designation prefix for some objects discovered bet ...
, Bot. Vol.23 on page 490 in 1888.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Hemsleya amabilis''
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Hemsleya carnosiflora
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya chengyihana
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya chinensis''
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Hemsleya cirromitrata
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya delavayi''
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Hemsleya dipteriga
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya dolichocarpa
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya dulongjiangensis
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya ellipsoidea
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya emeiensis
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya endecaphylla
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya gigantha
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya graciliflora
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya kunmingensis
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya lijiangensis
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya macrocarpa
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya macrosperma
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya mitrata''
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Hemsleya panacis-scandens''
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Hemsleya panlongqi''
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Hemsleya peekelii
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya pengxianensis''
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Hemsleya sphaerocarpa
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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Hemsleya turbinata''
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Hemsleya zhejiangensis
''Hemsleya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part ...
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References
Other sources
* Li, D. Z. 1993. Systematics and evolution of Hemsleya (Cucurbitaceae). Yunnan Science & Technology Press. 1-126. Note: accepts
* Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:122-138. Note: accepts
* Schaefer, H. et al. 2009. Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events. Proc. Roy. Soc. Biol. Sci. Ser. B 276:847. Note: should be included in Gomphogyne
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9002874
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae genera
Plants described in 1888
Flora of Eastern Asia
Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist)
Taxa named by Francis Blackwell Forbes