''Neodillenia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Dilleniaceae
Dilleniaceae is a family of flowering plants with 11 genera and about 430 known species.
It is known to gardeners for the genus '' Hibbertia'', which contains many commercially valuable garden species.
Description and distribution
The family is ...
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Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of ''Neodillenia'' is in honour of
Johann Jacob Dillenius
Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 – 2 April 1747) was a German botanist. He is known for his ''Hortus Elthamensis'' ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his ''Historia muscorum'' ("History of Mosses"), a natu ...
(1684–1747), a German born botanist, that moved to London and published several botany books.
It was first described and published in Harvard Pap. Bot. Vol.10 on page 121 in 1997.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Neodillenia coussapoana''
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Neodillenia peruviana''
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Neodillenia venezuelana''
References
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Dilleniaceae
Eudicot genera
Plants described in 1997
Flora of Brazil
Flora of western South America
Flora of Venezuela