''Bocagea '' is a genus of

plants Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

in the family Annonaceae. It comprises four species distributed in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Augustin Saint-Hilaire Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 17793 September 1853) was French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the ...

the French botanist who first formally described the genus named it after Josephi Mariae de Souza du Bocage, who he said beautifully translated a poem about flowers into Portuguese and illustrated it. All species of ''Bocagea'' are rare and are at least

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...

Description

Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6

stamens The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

Species

There are currently four described species in ''Bocagea'': * '' Bocagea asymmetrica'' Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes *'' Bocagea longipedunculata'' Mart. *''

Bocagea moeniana ''Bocagea '' is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises four species distributed in Brazil. Augustin Saint-Hilaire the French botanist who first formally described the genus named it after Josephi Mariae de Souza du Bocage, who ...

'' Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes *'' Bocagea viridis'' A.St.-Hil.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8249057 Annonaceae Annonaceae genera Flora of Brazil Taxa named by Augustin Saint-Hilaire