Neoblakea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Guettardeae
Genus: Neoblakea
Species: N. ecuadorensis – N. venezuelensis
Name

Neoblakea Standl., 1930

Type species: Neoblakea venezuelensis Standl.

References

Standley, Paul C. (1930) "Studies of American Plants–III." Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 8(1):3–73;54.
Taylor, Charlotte M.; Roy E. Gereau (2010). "Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXIII: Overview of the Guettardeae Tribe in Central and South America, with Five New Species and Three New Combinations in Chomelia, Neoblakea, Pittoniotis, and Stenostomum". Novon 20(3):351-362. DOI: 10.3417/2009045.

Neoblakea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1]

It is native to Venezuela and Ecuador.[1]

The genus name of Neoblakea is in honour of Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959), an American botanist and plant taxonomist,[2] and it was first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Series 8, on page 54 in 1930.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Neoblakea ecuadorensis C.M.Taylor
Neoblakea venezuelensis Standl.

References

"Neoblakea Standl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.