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Neosprucea
Sign in to saveNeosprucea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. There are ten species native to Panama and northern South America. 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. More than half of the species have been described since 2004.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Neosprucea, and connects out to Salicaceae, Hermann Otto Sleumer and plant.
Vinony files it under Salicaceae, Salicaceae genera and Taxa named by Hermann Otto Sleumer.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 52
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- USF, NY, MO
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Salicaceae
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- taxon name
- Neosprucea
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Known species
- References
Neosprucea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. There are ten species native to Panama and northern South America. 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. More than half of the species have been described since 2004.
== Known species == The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online: Neosprucea grandiflora Neosprucea melastomatoides Neosprucea montana Neosprucea paterna Neosprucea pedicellata Neosprucea rimachii Neosprucea sararensis Neosprucea sucumbiensis Neosprucea tenuisepala Neosprucea wilburiana Unplaced names according to World Flora Online: Neosprucea chrysantha
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neosprucea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.