Hequnia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It includes a single species, Hequnia guangxiensis, which is native to southeastern China.
The species was first described as Allocheilos guangxiensis in 2000. A phylogenetic analysis published in 2024 found that the genus Allocheilos was polyphyletic, and authors placed the paraphyletic species A. guangxiensis the new genus Hequnia as A. guangxiensis.Liu, F.-P., Han, M.-Q., Li, P.-W. and Wang, Y.-Z. (2025), Phylogenetic reconstruction of Didymocarpus and related genera in Gesneriaceae with establishment of two new genera. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 63: 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13124 The genus was named in honor of He‐Qun Wen (文和群), one of the discoverers of the type species.
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