Kmeria

taxobox
name = "Kmeria"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Magnoliales
familia = Magnoliaceae
genus = "Kmeria"
genus_authority = (Pierre) Dandy
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = *"Kmeria duperreana"
*"Kmeria lotungensis"
*"Kmeria omeiensis"
*"Kmeria septentrionalis"
*"Kmeria yunnanensis"|

"Kmeria" is a genus of tree in the family Magnoliaceae, consisting of 5 species, native to eastern Asia in southern China and Indochina. The species "Kmeria duperreana" is known for yielding kmeriol.

The genus was previously included in "Magnolia", from which it was separated on the basis of its unisexual flowers and ventral mode of dehiscence. It is not accepted in the draft Magnoliaceae account in the "Flora of China", where the species are divided between the genera "Woonyongia" ("K. septentrionalis") and "Parakmeria" (the others).

References

* [http://www.fna.org/china/mss/volume07/Magnoliaceae-CAS_coauthoring.htm "Flora of China" draft account of Magnoliaceae] (site currently down; see [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:tpeOaH2KG5wJ:www.fna.org/china/mss/volume07/Magnoliaceae-CAS_coauthoring.htm+draft+flora+china+magnoliaceae&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2 google cache] )