Neoboutonia
Genus of flowering plants
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Neoboutonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[3][2] It is the only genus in subtribe Neoboutoniinae, and native to tropical Africa.[1][4][5][6][7] It is dioecious.[8]
- Species[1]
- Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax - Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f. - tropical Africa from Liberia to Mozambique
- Neoboutonia melleri (Müll.Arg.) Prain - tropical Africa from Nigeria to Mozambique
| Neoboutonia | |
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| Neoboutonia mannii specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Aleuritideae |
| Subtribe: | Neoboutoniinae |
| Genus: | Neoboutonia Airy Shaw |
| Type species | |
| Neoboutonia africana (syn of N. melleri)[1][2] | |
