Neogleasonia Maguire

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Theaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Neogleasonia Maguire

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Flores solitarii vel plures in ramisculis brevissimis affixis; pedunculis teretibus; sepalis et petalis quincuncialibus; staminibus numerosis; antheris introrsis 4-thecatis, cucullatis; pollinibus tricolporatis; ovario 3-loculare, placentatione gemina; stigmatibus brevi-fimbriatis; seminibus elongatis, glabris. Arbor parva vel frutex; foliis multi-parallelo-venatis, sine latice.

  • Discussion

    Type. Neogleasonia wurdackii Maguire.

    Neogleasonia, with three species, is obviously related to Neblinaria, tied with it by parallel-veined leaves and papillose-fimbriate stigmas. Regrettably, Neogleasonia multinervia and N. duidae are both known only by the type collections. Neogleasonia wurdackii firmly establishes the genus.