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Genus of flowering plants
Neea is a genus of
plants in family
Nyctaginaceae from the
Caribbean region,
Central and
South America . Members of the genus are commonly called Nia , Neea , or saltwood .
The genus was named by botanists
José Pavón and
Hipólito Ruiz in honor of
Luis Née , a botanist on the
Malaspina Expedition .
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It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 52 in 1794.
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It is native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela and Venezuelan Antilles.
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Selected species
It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Neea acuminatissima ,
Standl. see Neea amplifolia
Neea amaruayensis , Steyerm
Neea amplexicaulis , Dwyer & M.V. Hayden
Neea amplifolia , Donn. Sm.
Neea anisophylla , Ernst
Neea bangii , Rusby
Neea belizensis , Lundell see Neea psychotrioides
Neea bernardii , Steyerm.
Neea bracteosa , Steyerm.
Neea brevipedunculata , Steyerm.
Neea brittonii , Standl.
Neea buxifolia , (Hook. f.) Heimerl is an unresolved name
Neea cauliflora , Heimerl see Neea floribunda
Neea cedenensis , Steyerm.
Neea choriophylla , Standl. see Neea psychotrioides
Neea clarkii , Steyerm.
Neea darienensis , Dwyer & M.V. Hayden
Neea davidsei , Steyerm.
Neea delicatula , Standl.
Neea divaricata , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea ekmanii , Heimerl is an unresolved name
Neea elegans , Dwyer & S.M. Hayden see Neea amplifolia
Neea elegans , P.H. Allen see Neea amplifolia
Neea floribunda , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea gentlei , Lundell see Neea psychotrioides
Neea grandis , Maguire & Steyerm.
Neea guaiquinimae , Steyerm.
Neea guatemalensis , Lundell see Neea amplifolia
Neea hermaphrodita , S. Moore
Neea hirsuta , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea huachamacarae , Steyerm.
Neea ignicola , Steyerm.
Neea laetevirens , Standl.
Neea laxa , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea liesneri , Steyerm.
Neea macrophylla , Britton ex Rusby see Neea brittonii
Neea macrophylla , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea mapourioides , Steyerm.
Neea marahuacae , Steyerm.
Neea neblinensis , Maguire & Steyerm.
Neea obovata , Spruce ex Heimerl
Neea oppositifolia , Ruíz & Pavón
Neea orosiana , Standl. see Neea amplifolia
Neea ovalifolia , Spruce ex J.A.Schmidt
Neea parimensis , Steyerm.
Neea parviflora , Poepp. & Endl.
Neea parvifolia , Lundell see Neea psychotrioides
Neea pendulina , Heimerl
Neea pittieri , Standl.
Neea popenoei , P.H. Allen see Neea psychotrioides
Neea psychotrioides , Donn. Sm.
Neea pycnantha , Standl. see Neea psychotrioides
Neea robusta , Steyerm.
Neea schwackeana , Heimerl
Neea sebastianii , Steyerm.
Neea sphaerantha , Standl. see Neea psychotrioides
Neea spruceana , Heimerl
Neea subglabrata , Steyerm.
Neea subpubescens , Heimerl
Neea tenuis , Standl.
Neea tepuiensis , Steyerm.
Neea theifera , Oerst is an unresolved name
Neea tristis , Heimerl
Neea urophylla , Standl. see Neea amplifolia
Neea verticillata , Ruiz & Pav.
Neea virens , Poepp. ex Heimerl
Neea weberbaueri , Heimerl see Neea spruceana
Neea williamsii , Standl.
Neea xanthina , Standl. see Neea psychotrioides
Torrubia panamensis , Standl. see Neea delicatula
References
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