Neocarya

Neocarya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Neocarya; (DC.) Prance ex F.White
Species:	N. macrophylla
Binomial name
	Neocarya macrophylla; (Sabine) Prance ex F.White
Synonyms
	Parinari sect. Neocarya DC.; Parinari subgen. Neocarya (DC.) Blume ex Fürnr.; Parinari macrophylla Sabine; Petrocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Steud.; Ferolia macrophylla (Sabine) Kuntze; Parinari senegalensis Perr. ex DC.; Petrocarya senegalensis (Perr. ex DC.) Steud.;

Neocarya is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1976.¹³

It contains only one known species, Neocarya macrophylla, native to western and central Africa from Senegal to the Nigeria, and also in South Sudan. It is commonly known in English as the Gingerbread Plum, despite not being related to the true Plum (Prunus sp.).²

References

Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308

External links

Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Neocarya". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

[j-1] Tropicos, Neocarya (DC.) Prance ex F. White

[c-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[3] White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 308

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