Barongia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1988.Barongia Peter G.Wilson & B.Hyland, Telopea 3: 257-258 (1988)Tropicos, Barongia P.G. Wilson & B. Hyland It contains only one known species, Barongia lophandra, endemic to the Cook region of Queensland, Australia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.
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