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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salicoideae |
| Tribe: | Prockieae |
| Genus: | Neosprucea Sleumer |
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Neosprucea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. There are ten species native to Panama and northern South America. The genus is distinctive in its poricidal anther dehiscence, large flowers (at least for the family), and usually acrodromous venation similar to that of the Melastomataceae. More than half of the species have been described since 2004.
Species include:
- Neosprucea chrysantha
- Neosprucea grandiflora
- Neosprucea melastomatoides
- Neosprucea montana
- Neosprucea paterna
- Neosprucea pedicellata
- Neosprucea rimachii
- Neosprucea sararensis
- Neosprucea tenuisepala
- Neosprucea wilburiana
References
- ^ Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62.
- ^ Zapata-Correa, D.A., and J.P. Tobón-Agudelo. Novedades en Salicaceae para Colombia, una especie nueva de Neosprucea Brittonia 76: 33-40.
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