Bocagea | |
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Black and white botanical illustration of Bocagea viridis showing a branch with leaves and flowers, as well as floral parts. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Annonaceae |
Genus: | Bocagea A.St.-Hil. |
Species | |
4, see text. |
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.
All species of Bocagea are rare and are at least endangered. [2]
Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6 stamens. [3]
There are currently four described species in Bocagea: [2]
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