Neosprucea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. There are ten species native to Panama and northern South America.Alford, M.H. 2008. Revision of Neosprucea (Salicaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 85: 1-62. 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.Zapata-Correa, D.A., and J.P. Tobón-Agudelo. Novedades en Salicaceae para Colombia, una especie nueva de Neosprucea Brittonia 76: 33-40.
Known species The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online: Neosprucea grandiflora Neosprucea melastomatoides Neosprucea montana Neosprucea paterna Neosprucea pedicellata Neosprucea rimachii Neosprucea sararensis Neosprucea sucumbiensis Neosprucea tenuisepala Neosprucea wilburiana Unplaced names according to World Flora Online: Neosprucea chrysantha
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