Neocarya

Neocarya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Neocarya
(DC.) Prance ex F.White
Binomial name
Neocarya macrophylla
(Sabine) Prance ex F.White
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Parinari sect. Neocarya DC.
  • Parinari subgen. Neocarya (DC.) Blume ex Fürnr.
  • Parinari macrophylla Sabine
  • Petrocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Steud.
  • Ferolia macrophylla (Sabine) Kuntze
  • Parinari senegalensis Perr. ex DC.
  • Petrocarya senegalensis (Perr. ex DC.) Steud.

Neocarya is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.[1][3]

It contains only one known species, Neocarya macrophylla, native to western and central Africa from Senegal to the Nigeria, and also in South Sudan.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308

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