- Source: Hanguana
Hanguana is a genus of flowering plants with a dozen known species. It is the only genus in the family Hanguanaceae.
The APG IV system of 2016 recognizes such a family and places it in the order Commelinales, in the clade commelinids, in the monocots (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009 and the APG II system of 2003. This represents a slight change from the APG system, of 1998, which left Hanguanaceae unplaced as to order, but assigned it to these same clades (although it used the name commelinoids). The family consists of only very few species of perennial, tropical plants in Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Micronesia, and northern Australia.
Species currently accepted (August 2014):
Hanguana bakoensis Siti Nurfazilah, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
Hanguana bogneri Tillich & E.Sill - Sarawak
Hanguana exultans Siti Nurfazilah, Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Peninsular Malaysia
Hanguana kassintu Blume - Java
Hanguana loi Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Sarawak
Hanguana major Airy Shaw - Sarawak, Sabah
Hanguana malayana (Jack) Merr. - Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Palau. Bakong (Hanguana malayana) is abundant in Laguna de Cagayan's agricultural wasteland, specifically in Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Mindoro, Palawan, Lanao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao. The aquatic plant grows to three meters and is used to make pulp, yarn, bioplastics, textile, clothing, accessories, furniture and paper handicrafts.
Hanguana neglecta ? - Malaya
Hanguana nitens Siti Nurfazilah, Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Peninsular Malaysia
Hanguana pantiensis Siti Nurfazilah, Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Peninsular Malaysia
Hanguana podzolica Siti Nurfazilah, Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Peninsular Malaysia
Hanguana rubinea Škorničk. & P.C.Boyce - Singapore
Hanguana stenopoda Siti Nurfazilah, Mohd Fahmi, Sofiman Othman & P.C.Boyce - Peninsular Malaysia
Hanguana triangulata Škorničk. & P.C.Boyce - Singapore
References
External links
Monocot families (USDA)
links at CSDL Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine