Hemsleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Himalayas to southern China and Papuasia. It is native to the countries of Assam (in India), Bismarck Archipelago (island group, part of Papua New Guinea), China, East Himalayas, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam.
The genus name of Hemsleya is in honour of William Hemsley (1843–1924), an English botanist. It was first described and published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. Vol.23 on page 490 in 1888.
Knowns species
According to Kew:
Hemsleya amabilis
Hemsleya carnosiflora
Hemsleya chengyihana
Hemsleya chinensis
Hemsleya cirromitrata
Hemsleya delavayi
Hemsleya dipteriga
Hemsleya dolichocarpa
Hemsleya dulongjiangensis
Hemsleya ellipsoidea
Hemsleya emeiensis
Hemsleya endecaphylla
Hemsleya gigantha
Hemsleya graciliflora
Hemsleya kunmingensis
Hemsleya lijiangensis
Hemsleya macrocarpa
Hemsleya macrosperma
Hemsleya mitrata
Hemsleya panacis-scandens
Hemsleya panlongqi
Hemsleya peekelii
Hemsleya pengxianensis
Hemsleya sphaerocarpa
Hemsleya turbinata
Hemsleya zhejiangensis
References
Other sources
Li, D. Z. 1993. Systematics and evolution of Hemsleya (Cucurbitaceae). Yunnan Science & Technology Press. 1-126. Note: accepts Schaefer, H. & S. S. Renner. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Taxon 60:122-138. Note: accepts Schaefer, H. et al. 2009. Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events. Proc. Roy. Soc. Biol. Sci. Ser. B 276:847. Note: should be included in Gomphogyne