''Neea'' 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 family

Nyctaginaceae Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a unique fruit t ...

from the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

region,

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and

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. Members of the genus are commonly called ''Nia'', ''Neea'', or ''saltwood''. The genus was named by botanists José Pavón and

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in honor of

Luis Née Luis Née (July 12, 1735 – October 3, 1807) was a French-born Spanish botanist and prolific collector of plant specimens who accompanied the Malaspina Expedition on its five-year scientific exploration of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands. ...

, a botanist on the

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.JSTOR Global PlantsParish registers. Le Perray-en-Yvelines. Archives départementales, Yvelines, France. It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 52 in 1794. It is native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela and Venezuelan Antilles.

Selected species

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''

Neea acuminatissima ''Neea acuminatissima'' is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few ...

'',

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see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea amaruayensis'', Steyerm * ''

Neea amplexicaulis ''Neea amplexicaulis'' is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habi ...

'', Dwyer & M.V. Hayden * ''Neea amplifolia'', Donn. Sm. * ''Neea anisophylla'', Ernst * ''Neea bangii'', Rusby * ''Neea belizensis'', Lundell see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea bernardii'', Steyerm. * ''Neea bracteosa'', Steyerm. * ''Neea brevipedunculata'', Steyerm. * ''Neea brittonii'', Standl. * ''Neea buxifolia'', (Hook. f.) Heimerl is an unresolved name * ''Neea cauliflora'', Heimerl see ''Neea floribunda'' * ''Neea cedenensis'', Steyerm. * ''Neea choriophylla'', Standl. see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea clarkii'', Steyerm. * ''

Neea darienensis ''Neea darienensis'' is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habita ...

'', Dwyer & M.V. Hayden * ''Neea davidsei'', Steyerm. * ''Neea delicatula'', Standl. * ''Neea divaricata'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''

Neea ekmanii ''Neea ekmanii'' is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat beco ...

'', Heimerl is an unresolved name * ''Neea elegans'', Dwyer & S.M. Hayden see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea elegans'', P.H. Allen see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea floribunda'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''Neea gentlei'', Lundell see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea grandis'', Maguire & Steyerm. * ''Neea guaiquinimae'', Steyerm. * ''Neea guatemalensis'', Lundell see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea hermaphrodita'', S. Moore * ''Neea hirsuta'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''Neea huachamacarae'', Steyerm. * ''Neea ignicola'', Steyerm. * ''Neea laetevirens'', Standl. * ''Neea laxa'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''Neea liesneri'', Steyerm. * ''Neea macrophylla'', Britton ex Rusby see ''Neea brittonii'' * ''Neea macrophylla'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''Neea mapourioides'', Steyerm. * ''Neea marahuacae'', Steyerm. * ''Neea neblinensis'', Maguire & Steyerm. * ''Neea obovata'', Spruce ex Heimerl * ''Neea oppositifolia'', Ruíz & Pavón * ''Neea orosiana'', Standl. see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea ovalifolia'', Spruce ex J.A.Schmidt * ''Neea parimensis'', Steyerm. * ''Neea parviflora'', Poepp. & Endl. * ''Neea parvifolia'', Lundell see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea pendulina'', Heimerl * ''Neea pittieri'', Standl. * ''Neea popenoei'', P.H. Allen see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea psychotrioides'', Donn. Sm. * ''Neea pycnantha'', Standl. see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea robusta'', Steyerm. * ''Neea schwackeana'', Heimerl * ''Neea sebastianii'', Steyerm. * ''Neea sphaerantha'', Standl. see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Neea spruceana'', Heimerl * ''Neea subglabrata'', Steyerm. * ''Neea subpubescens'', Heimerl * ''Neea tenuis'', Standl. * ''Neea tepuiensis'', Steyerm. * ''Neea theifera'', Oerst is an unresolved name * ''Neea tristis'', Heimerl * ''Neea urophylla'', Standl. see ''Neea amplifolia'' * ''Neea verticillata'', Ruiz & Pav. * ''Neea virens'', Poepp. ex Heimerl * ''Neea weberbaueri'', Heimerl see ''Neea spruceana'' * ''Neea williamsii'', Standl. * ''Neea xanthina'', Standl. see ''Neea psychotrioides'' * ''Torrubia panamensis'', Standl. see ''Neea delicatula''

References

External links

Plant Illustrations -- Neea
Caryophyllales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1794 Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of the Caribbean Flora of northern South America Flora of western South America Flora of Brazil Flora of Paraguay {{caryophyllales-stub