Biology:Neomezia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Neomezia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Neomezia
Votsch
Synonyms
  • Deherainia cubensis (Radlk.) Mez
  • Radlk. Theophrasta cubensis

Neomezia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Neomezia cubensis (Radlk.) Votsch [2] It is also in the subfamily of Theophrastoideae.

It is native to Cuba.[2]

The genus name of Neomezia is in honour of Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944), a German botanist and university professor.[3] The Latin specific epithet of cubensis means "of Cuba" (where the plant was found).[4] Both the genus and species were first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.33 on page 506 in 1904.[2]

It has an accepted subspecies, Neomezia cubensis subsp. oligospinosa (Lepper) Borhidi which is native to north-western Cuba.[5]

References

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