Neobeguea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.[1]

Neobeguea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Neobeguea
J.-F.Leroy

It is native to Madagascar.[1]

The genus name of Neobeguea is in honour of Louis Henri Bégué (1906–1979), French civil servant in the forestry service in Madagascar.[2] It was first described and published in J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. Vol.17 on page 232 in 1970.[1]

Known species

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According to Kew:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Neobeguea J.-F.Leroy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.