Neillia Explained

Neillia is a genus of the botanical family Rosaceae. They are deciduous shrubs or subshrubs. They produce clusters of terminal or axillary flowers, and have dry dehiscent fruits.[1] They are native to eastern and central Asia.[2]

This genus is named for Patrick Neill.[3]

Species

This genus contains around fifteen to seventeen species.[2] [4] Recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that the genus Stephanandra is embedded in Neillia, and is perhaps the evolutionary result of hybridization within Neillia lineages. Because of this, the former members of Stephanandra are included in this classification.[1] [5]

The species of Neillia are:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=121784 Neillia
  2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121784 Neillia
  3. Neill, Patrick (1776-1851).
  4. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002868-2 Neillia
  5. D. Potter . T. Eriksson . R. C. Evans . S. Oh . J. E. E. Smedmark . D. R. Morgan . M. Kerr. K. R. Robertson . M. Arsenault. T. A. Dickinson . C. S. Campbell . amp . 2007 . Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae . . 266 . 1–2 . 5–43 . 10.1007/s00606-007-0539-9. 2007PSyEv.266....5P . 16578516 . Note that this publication pre-dates the 2011 International Botanical Congress which mandates that the combined subfamily referred to in the paper as Spiraeoideae must be called Amygdaloideae.