''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 ...

. 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: *'' Neodillenia coussapoana'' *'' Neodillenia peruviana'' *'' Neodillenia venezuelana''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10336216 Dilleniaceae Eudicot genera Plants described in 1997 Flora of Brazil Flora of western South America Flora of Venezuela