Neotatea

Neotatea is a plant genus of the family of Calophyllaceae. It comprises four types.

Description

Neotatea species are sparsely branched, small trees. They are hairy with unicellular trichomes. The terminal buds have no bud scales, Kollatere are not as available. The leaves are spirally. The secondary leaf veins stand together closely and are parallel.

The inflorescences are terminal and consist of one to five flowers. The five sepals are in dachiger buds coverage, the five petals in a rotated buds coverage. The dust bags are 5 to 6 mm long and have large, circular glands. The three fruit leaves contain a variety of ovules. The stylus is short, the scar is greatly enlarged.

The fruits open scheidewandspaltig. The seeds are papillose, the seed coat is easy Exotegmen are available. The embryo is about 2.5 mm long, cotyledons make up about 1/3 to 1/2 its length from. Endosperm is present.

Systematics and occurrence

Within the genus four possible types that occur in northern South America in the highlands.