Neodillenia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Dilleniales

Familia: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Neodillenia
Species: N. coussapoana – N. peruviana – N. venezuelana
Name

Neodillenia Aymard, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 121. (1997)

Type species: Neodillenia coussapoana Aymard, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 124, fig (1997)

Publications

Aymard, G.C. 1887. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 121.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Neodillenia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Neodillenia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Neodillenia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Neodillenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7.

Neodillenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Dilleniaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Neodillenia is in honour of Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684–1747), a German born botanist, that moved to London and published several botany books.[2] It was first described and published in Harvard Pap. Bot. Vol.10 on page 121 in 1997.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Neodillenia coussapoana Aymard
Neodillenia peruviana Aymard
Neodillenia venezuelana Aymard

References

"Neodillenia Aymard | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.