Neobuchia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[3] It only contains one known species, Neobuchia paulinae, commonly known as mapou blanc. It is a tree endemic to Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.[2]
| Neobuchia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Neobuchia Urb. (1902)[3] |
| Species: | N. paulinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Neobuchia paulinae Urb. (1902)[2]
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It is a tree up to 20 meters tall. It is found in both dry forest and humid forest at low elevations.[1]
The genus name of Neobuchia is in honour of Wilhelm Buch (1862–1943), a German pharmacist and botanist, and his wife Amalia Pauline Wilhelmine Buch.[4] The Latin specific epithet of paulinae refers to Wilhelm Buch's wife, Amalia Pauline Wilhelmine Buch. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. Vol.3 on page 319 in 1902.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Modler, D. (2018). "Neobuchia paulinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T121394865A121985950. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Neobuchia paulinae Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Neobuchia Urb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.