''Bocagea '' is a genus of

plants Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars f ...

in the family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...

. It comprises four species distributed in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Augustin Saint-Hilaire Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 17793 September 1853) was a French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably th ...

, the French botanist who first formally described the genus, named it after Josephi Mariae de Souza du Bocage, who he said beautifully translated a poem about flowers into Portuguese and illustrated it. All species of ''Bocagea'' are rare and are at least

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Description

Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6

stamens The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filamen ...

Species

There are currently four described species in ''Bocagea'': * '' Bocagea asymmetrica'' Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes *'' Bocagea longepedunculata'' Mart. *'' Bocagea moeniana'' Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes *'' Bocagea viridis'' A.St.-Hil.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8249057 Annonaceae genera Endemic flora of Brazil Taxa named by Augustin Saint-Hilaire