Hedycarya is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae

Monimiaceae

Monimiaceae is a family of flowering plants, which includes 150-220 species of shrubs and small trees in 18-25 genera. They are native to the southern hemisphere tropics and subtropics. The largest genus is Tambourissa, with 50 species in Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, and the Comoros...

. Species occur in South East Asia, New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

, Australia

Australia

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 and Polynesia

Polynesia

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 including New Zealand

New Zealand

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The genus was named and formerly described in 1776 by botanists Johann

Johann Reinhold Forster

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 and Georg Forster

Georg Forster

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 in Characteres Generum Plantarum .

Selected species

Hedycarya alternifolia Hemsl. –

Hedycarya angustifolia

Hedycarya angustifolia

Hedycarya angustifolia, also known as the Native Mulberry or Australian Mulberry, is a rainforest plant of south and eastern Australia. The habitat is cool gullies and moist temperate forests, often at high altitude...

A.Cunn. – Australian, Austral or Native Mulberry (native to Australia

Australia

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Hedycarya aragoensis Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

)

Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.– Porokaiwhiri or Pigeonwood (endemic to New Zealand

New Zealand

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Hedycarya badaunii Baill.– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya balansaei Perkins –

Hedycarya caledonica Guillaumin –

Hedycarya chrysophylla Perkins– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya comptonii S.Moore –

Hedycarya crassifolia Gillespie –

Hedycarya cupulata Baill.– Niambo (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya denticulata (A.Gray) Perkins & Gilg– (endemic to Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

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Hedycarya dorstenioides A.Gray –

Hedycarya engleriana S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya erythrocarpa Perkins –

Hedycarya grandiflora Perkins –

Hedycarya microcarpa Perkins –

Hedycarya neoebudica Guillaumin –

Hedycarya ovalifolia Guillaumin –

Hedycarya parvifolia Perkins & Schltr.– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya perbracteolata Jérémie– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya perkinsiana S.Moore –

Hedycarya rivularis Guillaumin– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya saligna S.Moore –

Hedycarya sinuato–dentata Perkins –

Hedycarya spectabilis Perkins –

Hedycarya symplocoides S.Moore– (endemic to New Caledonia)

Hedycarya tapeinospermifolia Guillaumin –

Hedycarya verticillata Guillaumin–

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