Neobracea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Malouetieae
Subtribus: Pachypodiinae
Genus: Neobracea
Species: N. acunana – N. angustifolia – N. bahamensis – N. ekmanii – N. howardii – N. martiana – N. susannina – N. valenzuelana
Name

Neobracea Britton in N.L.Britton & C.F.Millspaugh, Bahama Fl.: 335 (1920)

Type species: Neobracea bahamensis (Britton) Britton in N.L.Britton & C.F.Millspaugh, Bahama Fl.: 335 (1920)

Synonyms

Basionym
Bracea Britton, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 448 (1905), nom. illeg. non Bracea King J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64(2): 101. (1896) vide Sarcosperma Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1876) Sapotaceae Juss. (1789)

References

Britton, N.L. 1920. The Bahama Flora 335.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Neobracea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Neobracea. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 18 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Neobracea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Aug. 2017.

Neobracea is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1905. It was first given the name Bracea, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. In other words, somebody else had already used it for another plant. Neobracea is native to Cuba and the Bahamas.[1][2]

Species[1]

Neobracea acunana Lippold - E Cuba
Neobracea angustifolia Britton - W Cuba
Neobracea bahamensis (Britton) Britton - Bahamas, Cuba
Neobracea ekmanii Urb. - E Cuba
Neobracea howardii Woodson - EC Cuba
Neobracea martiana Borhidi & O.Muñiz - E Cuba
Neobracea susannina Borhidi - E Cuba
Neobracea valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Urb. - Cuba

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.