Neocarya

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

Neocarya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Neocarya
(DC.) Prance ex F.White
Species:
N. macrophylla
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.

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. Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Neocarya". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.


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