Bocagea
| Bocagea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Bocagea A.St.-Hil. |
Bocagea is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises two species distributed in Brazil.[1] Augustin Saint-Hilaire 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.
Description
Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6 stamens.[2]
Species
Species include:
- Bocagea longipedunculata Mart.
- Bocagea viridis A.St.-Hil.
References
- ^ "Bocagea A.St.-Hil". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ Saint-Hilaire, Augustin (1825). Flora Brasiliae meridionalis (in French and Latin). Vol. 1. Paris: Apud A. Belin. p. 41.