Neocarya

Neocarya is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.[1][3]

Neocarya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Neocarya
(DC.) Prance ex F.White
Species:
N. macrophylla
Binomial name
Neocarya macrophylla
(Sabine) Prance ex F.White
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Parinari sect. Neocarya DC.
  • Parinari subgen. Neocarya (DC.) Blume ex Fürnr.
  • Parinari macrophylla Sabine
  • Petrocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Steud.
  • Ferolia macrophylla (Sabine) Kuntze
  • Parinari senegalensis Perr. ex DC.
  • Petrocarya senegalensis (Perr. ex DC.) Steud.

It contains only one known species, Neocarya macrophylla, native to western and central Africa from Senegal to the Nigeria, and also in South Sudan. It is commonly known in English as the Gingerbread Plum, despite not being related to the true Plum (Prunus sp.).[2]

References
  1. Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Neocarya". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.


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