Bocagea is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises four species distributed in Brazil.[1][2] 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.

Bocagea
Black and white botanical illustration of Bocagea viridis showing a branch with leaves and flowers, as well as floral parts.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Bocagea
A.St.-Hil.
Species

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All species of Bocagea are rare and are at least endangered.[2]

Description

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

Species

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There are currently four described species in Bocagea:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Bocagea A.St.-Hil". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Mello-Silva, Renato & Lopes, Jenifer De Carvalho (2020-12-15). "The Brazilian Atlantic Forest genus Bocagea (Annonaceae) revisited, with two new species". Phytotaxa. 475 (4): 279–288. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.475.4.5. ISSN 1179-3163.
  3. ^ Saint-Hilaire, Augustin (1825). Flora Brasiliae meridionalis (in French and Latin). Vol. 1. Paris: Apud A. Belin. p. 41.