Neosprucea
Genus of flowering plants
| Neosprucea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
| Tribe: | Prockieae |
| Genus: | Neosprucea Sleumer |
| Species | |
| 10, see text | |
Neosprucea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. There are ten species native to Panama and northern South America.[1] The genus is distinctive in its poricidal anther dehiscence, large flowers (at least for the family), and usually acrodromous venation similar to that of the Melastomataceae.[1] More than half of the species have been described since 2004.[1][2]
Species include:[1][2]
- Neosprucea chrysantha
- Neosprucea grandiflora
- Neosprucea melastomatoides
- Neosprucea montana
- Neosprucea paterna
- Neosprucea pedicellata
- Neosprucea rimachii
- Neosprucea sararensis
- Neosprucea tenuisepala
- Neosprucea wilburiana
References
- ^ a b c d Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62.
- ^ a b Zapata-Correa, D.A., and J.P. Tobón-Agudelo. Novedades en Salicaceae para Colombia, una especie nueva de Neosprucea Brittonia 76: 33-40.
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