''Neolamarckia'' is a genus with one or two species of trees native to the Old World tropics.
[ It has often been confused with other genera, particularly '']Nauclea
''Nauclea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The species are evergreen trees or shrubs that are native to the paleotropics. The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened. The generic name is derived from the ...
'' and '' Neonauclea'' to such an extent that descriptions of ''Neolamarckia'' may state incorrectly that its fruit is a capsule.[
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Description
The inflorescenes are spherical, containing many small flowers. The fruit is a drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part ( exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kerne ...
that sometimes separates into four sections.[
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Species
* ''Neolamarckia cadamba
''Neolamarckia cadamba'', with English common names burflower-tree, laran, and Leichhardt pine, and called kadam or cadamba locally, is an evergreen, tropical tree native to South and Southeast Asia. The genus name honours French naturalist Jean- ...
'', native to east Asia, south Asia, and southeast Asia
* '' Neolamarckia macrophylla'', native to south Asia, and southeast Asia
Botanical nomenclature
The genus name was created to replace ''Anthocephalus'', which had been based on two unrelated herbarium specimens, one of which was mislabelled. Consequently, the true ''Anthocephalus'' is a synonym of the genus ''Breonia
''Breonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Most species are trees, rarely shrubs.
Species
*'' Breonia boivinii''(Wikispecies) Havil.
*''Breonia capuronii''(Wikispecies) Razafim.
*''Breonia ...
'', and a new name was needed for the trees that had been generally known by the incorrect name.
References
Naucleeae
Trees of China
Trees of the Indian subcontinent
Rubiaceae genera
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