Neonauclea

Neonauclea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Naucleeae
Genus: Neonauclea
Merrill
Type species
Neonauclea excelsa
( Blume) Merrill
species

~65 species. See text

Neonauclea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 65 species. [1] Three of these were described as recently as 2008. [2] Neonauclea is a genus of shrubs and trees They are indigenous to China, India, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. [3] Neonauclea tsaiana has some limited use as lumber. [3]

Neonauclea was named in 1915 by Elmer Drew Merrill. [4] [5] The generic name is derived from the related genus Nauclea and the Greek word neos, meaning "new". [6]

The biological type for Neonauclea consists of those specimens that Merrill called Neonauclea obtusa. [7] These are now included in Neonauclea excelsa. [8]

The circumscription of Neonauclea is uncertain. Molecular phylogenetic studies indicate that some related genera are probably embedded in it. [9]

Species

The following species list may be incomplete or contain synonyms.

  • Neonauclea excelsa
  • Neonauclea tsaiana

References

  1. ^ Neonauclea At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see External links below).
  2. ^ Colin E. Ridsdale. 2008. "Notes on Malesian Naucleeae". Reinwardtia 12(4):285-288.
  3. ^ a b David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
  4. ^ Neonauclea in International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
  5. ^ Elmer Drew Merrill. 1915. Neonauclea page 538. In: "On the application of the generic name Nauclea of Linnaeus". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 5:530-542. (see External links below).
  6. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, volume III. CRC Press: Baton Rouge, New York, London, Washington DC. ISBN 978-0-8493-2673-8 (vol. III).
  7. ^ Neonauclea In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  8. ^ Colin E. Ridsdale. 1989. "A revision of Neonauclea (Rubiaceae)". Blumea 34(1):177-275.
  9. ^ Ulrika Manns and Birgitta Bremer. 2010. "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(1):21-39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002

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