Lunania

Lunania is a neotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.^[2][3]

Lunania
Lunania parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Subfamily:	Samydoideae
Genus:	Lunania Hook.
Type species
Lunania racemosa[1] Hook.
Species
15; see text
Synonyms[2]
Symbryon Griseb.

The genus spans from southern Mexico to central South America and throughout the Caribbean.^[2] They typically grow as shrubs or trees.^[3]

Known species

The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:^[2]

• Lunania cubensis Turcz.
• Lunania dentata Urb.
• Lunania divaricata Benth.
• Lunania dodecandra C.Wright ex Griseb.
• Lunania ekmanii Urb.
• Lunania elongata Britton & P.Wilson
• Lunania mauritii Urb.
• Lunania mexicana Brandegee
• Lunania parviflora Spruce ex Benth.
• Lunania polydactyla Urb.
• Lunania racemosa Hook.
• Lunania sauvallei Griseb.
• Lunania scopulorum Urb. & Ekman
• Lunania subcoriacea Britton & P.Wilson
• Lunania tenuifolia Urb. & Ekman