# Hernandia
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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Hernandia nymphaeifolia.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Hernandia nymphaeifolia](/source/Hernandia_nymphaeifolia)''
|taxon = Hernandia
|authority = [Plum.](/source/Plum.) ex [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms =
* ''Biasolettia'' {{small|J.Presl}}
* ''Hazomalamia'' {{small|[Capuron](/source/Capuron)}}
* ''Hernandezia'' {{small|Hoffmanns.}}
* ''Hernandiopsis'' {{small|[Meisn.](/source/Meisn.)}}
* ''Hertelia'' {{small|[Neck.](/source/Neck.)}}
* ''Valvanthera'' {{small|[C.T.White](/source/C.T.White)}}
|synonyms_ref = [{{cite web |title=''Hernandia'' Plum. ex L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21422-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=20 May 2026}}]
}}
[[File:Hernandia cordigera MHNT.BOT.2010.6.66.jpg|thumb|''Hernandia cordigera'' - [MHNT](/source/MHNT)]]
'''''Hernandia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Hernandiaceae](/source/Hernandiaceae). It was named after the Spanish botanist [Francisco Hernández de Toledo](/source/Francisco_Hern%C3%A1ndez_de_Toledo).[Quattrocchi, U. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-37OBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR7 ''Hernandia''.] ''CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology''. CRC Press, 2012. Page 1962.]
==Species==
{{As of|2026|May}}, ''Plants of the World Online'' accepts the following species:[
* ''[Hernandia albiflora](/source/Hernandia_albiflora)'' (C.T.White) Kubitzki – northeast [Queensland](/source/Queensland)
* ''[Hernandia beninensis](/source/Hernandia_beninensis)'' Welw. ex Henriq. – [São Tomé](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9)
* ''[Hernandia bivalvis](/source/Hernandia_bivalvis)'' Benth. – eastern Queensland
* ''[Hernandia catalpifolia](/source/Hernandia_catalpifolia)'' Britton & Harris – [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)
* ''[Hernandia cordigera](/source/Hernandia_cordigera)'' Vieill. – [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia)
* ''[Hernandia cubensis](/source/Hernandia_cubensis)'' Griseb. – [Cuba](/source/Cuba)
* ''[Hernandia didymantha](/source/Hernandia_didymantha)'' Donn.Sm. – southern [Mexico](/source/Mexico) ([Chiapas](/source/Chiapas)), Central America, [Colombia](/source/Colombia), and [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)
* ''[Hernandia drakeana](/source/Hernandia_drakeana)'' Nadeaud – [Society Islands](/source/Society_Islands) ([Moorea](/source/Moorea))
* ''[Hernandia guianensis](/source/Hernandia_guianensis)'' Aubl. – [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), the Guianas, and northern Brazil
* ''[Hernandia hammelii](/source/Hernandia_hammelii)'' D'Arcy – [Panama](/source/Panama)
* ''[Hernandia jamaicensis](/source/Hernandia_jamaicensis)'' Britton & Harris – Jamaica
* ''[Hernandia kunstleri](/source/Hernandia_kunstleri)'' King ex K.Heyne
* ''[Hernandia labyrinthica](/source/Hernandia_labyrinthica)'' Tuyama – [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands_(archipelago)), and [Marianas](/source/Marianas)
*''[Hernandia leucomphala](/source/Hernandia_leucomphala)'' (Hoffmanns.) Steud.
* ''[Hernandia lychnifera](/source/Hernandia_lychnifera)'' Grayum & N.Zamora – Ecuador
* ''[Hernandia mascarenensis](/source/Hernandia_mascarenensis)'' (Meisn.) Kubitzki – [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) and [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)
* ''[Hernandia moerenhoutiana](/source/Hernandia_moerenhoutiana)'' Guill. – [Bismarck Archipelago](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago), [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands), [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu), [Fiji](/source/Fiji), [Tonga](/source/Tonga), [Samoan Islands](/source/Samoan_Islands), [Society Islands](/source/Society_Islands), [Tubuai Islands](/source/Tubuai_Islands), [Niue](/source/Niue), and [Wallis and Futuna](/source/Wallis_and_Futuna)
* ''[Hernandia nukuhivensis](/source/Hernandia_nukuhivensis)'' F.Br. – [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands)
* ''[Hernandia nymphaeifolia](/source/Hernandia_nymphaeifolia)'' (C.Presl) Kubitzki – [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), Indian Ocean islands, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland), and South Pacific
* ''[Hernandia obovata](/source/Hernandia_obovata)'' O.C.Schmidt – [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
* ''[Hernandia olivacea](/source/Hernandia_olivacea)'' Gillespie – Fiji
* ''[Hernandia ovigera](/source/Hernandia_ovigera)'' [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) – [Nicobar Islands](/source/Nicobar_Islands), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), Indonesia, [Philippines](/source/Philippines), New Guinea, and South Pacific
**[''Hernandia ovigera'' subsp. ''stokesii''](/source/Hernandia_ovigera_subsp._stokesii) {{small|(F.Br.) J.Florence}} – Pitcairn Islands, Society Islands, and Tubuai Islands
* ''[Hernandia papuana](/source/Hernandia_papuana)'' C.T.White
* ''[Hernandia rostrata](/source/Hernandia_rostrata)'' Kubitzki – Solomon Islands
* ''[Hernandia samoensis](/source/Hernandia_samoensis)'' Hochr.
* ''[Hernandia sonora](/source/Hernandia_sonora)'' L. – Mexico and the Caribbean islands
* ''[Hernandia stenura](/source/Hernandia_stenura)'' Standl. – southern Mexico, Central America, and Colombia
* ''[Hernandia temarii](/source/Hernandia_temarii)'' Nadeaud – Society Islands ([Tahiti](/source/Tahiti))
* ''[Hernandia voyronii](/source/Hernandia_voyronii)'' Jum. – Madagascar
* ''[Hernandia wendtii](/source/Hernandia_wendtii)'' Espejo – central Mexico to Honduras
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Hernandia}}
* [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/13560 Taxonomy]
* [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/hernandi.htm Hernandiaceae at the University of Hawaii]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Hernandiaceae links at CSDL, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012213237/http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Hernandiaceae |date=2008-10-12 }}
* [http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/1423/1/v32n1-79-94.pdf Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, W. Arthur Whistler.]
* PPP-Index Pflanzerneinkaufsfürer für Europa [http://www.ppp-index.de/L1BYP0c9SGVybmFuZGlhJk1JRD0yNzU2.html?UID=55F35ED1FC73347DCC6EC72458FDC48C033B8FB428BAF2C4]
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