Neurotheca
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part XI. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 32: 1-391.
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Family
Gentianaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
5. Neurotheca Sahsbury ex Bentham & Hooker, Gen. 2(2): 812. 1876. Octoplura Spruce ex Progel, Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(1): 212. 1865, non Octopleura Grisebach, 1860. Type. In vicinibus Santarem, Prov. Para, Jun 1850, R. Spruce sn (holotype K, isotype NY). A monotypic genus credited also to tropical Africa.