Biology:Cananga

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cananga
Cananga odorata 04.JPG
Cananga odorata, leaves and flowers
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Subfamily: Ambavioideae
Genus: Cananga
(DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson, nom. cons.[1]

Cananga (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanaŋa)[2] is a small genus of trees in the family Annonaceae, native to Indo-China and Malesia, but introduced elsewhere.[3] One of its species, Cananga odorata, is important as the source of the perfume ylang-ylang.[4]

Species

Two species are recognized:[3][5]

Cananga latifolia is listed as a separate species in some sources,[6] but the basionym, Unona latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson, is a later homonym of Unona latifolia Dunal and so is not an acceptable name. Unona brandisiana was explicitly proposed as a replacement name.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3264724 entry