Ahernia

Ahernia is a genus of a single species (Ahernia glandulosa) of trees in the willow family Salicaceae found in Hainan province of China and Luzon island of the Philippines. Previously it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae[1] or Achariaceae.[2] Ahernia is closely related to the American genera Hasseltia, Macrothumia, and Pleuranthodendron, but differs in its axillary racemes and more numerous (10–15) petals.[3][4] Ahernia glandulosa is found in low elevation primary forests and is known in the Tagalog language as butun or sanglai. It grows 8–15 m (26–49 ft) tall.[5]

Ahernia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Ahernia Merr.
Species:	A. glandulosa
Binomial name
Ahernia glandulosa Merr.

References

1. Lemke, David (1988). "A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae". Aliso. 12: 29–43. doi:10.5642/aliso.19881201.05.
2. Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
3. Alford, Mac (2006). "Nomenclatural innovations in Neotropical Salicaceae". Novon. 16 (3): 293–298. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[293:niins]2.0.co;2.
4. Alford, Mac (2008). "Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 85: 1–62.
5. Sleumer, Hermann (1954). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Malesiana. Series I, Spermatophyta. 5: 1–106.