Barongia Explained

Barongia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1988.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one known species, Barongia lophandra, endemic to the Cook region of Queensland, Australia.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Barongia Peter G.Wilson & B.Hyland, Telopea 3: 257-258 (1988)
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40038245 Tropicos, Barongia P.G. Wilson & B. Hyland
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=19873 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.