Hequnia
Genus of flowering plants
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Hequnia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes a single species, Hequnia guangxiensis, which is native to southeastern China.[1]
| Hequnia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Hequnia Yin Z.Wang & F.P.Liu |
| Species: | H. guangxiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hequnia guangxiensis (H.Q.Wen, Y.G.Wei & S.H.Zhong) Yin Z.Wang & F.P.Liu | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allocheilos guangxiensis H.Q.Wen, Y.G.Wei & S.H.Zhong | |
The species was first described as Allocheilos guangxiensis in 2000. A phylogenetic analysis published in 2024 found that the genus Allocheilos was polyphyletic, and authors placed the paraphyletic species A. guangxiensis the new genus Hequnia as A. guangxiensis.[2] The genus was named in honor of He‐Qun Wen (文和群), one of the discoverers of the type species.[3]