Bonania is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850.Richard, Achille. 1850. in Sagra, Ramón de la, Historia Física Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Botánica 11: 201 in Latin with notes in SpanishTropicos, Bonania R. Richard in Sagra It is native to the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
species Bonania cubana A.Rich. - Bahamas, Cuba Bonania domingensis (Urb.) Urb. - Haiti, Dominican Rep Bonania elliptica Urb. - Cuba Bonania emarginata C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba Bonania erythrosperma (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba Bonania linearifolia Urb. & Ekman - Haiti †Bonania myricifolia (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Guantánamo but extinct
formerly included moved to Sapium B. adenodon - Sapium adenodon
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