Bocagea

Bocagea is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises four species distributed in Brazil.^[1][2] Augustin Saint-Hilaire, the French botanist who first formally described the genus, named it after Josephi Mariae de Souza du Bocage, who he said beautifully translated a poem about flowers into Portuguese and illustrated it.

Bocagea
Black and white botanical illustration of Bocagea viridis showing a branch with leaves and flowers, as well as floral parts.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Bocagea A.St.-Hil.
Species
4, see text.

All species of Bocagea are rare and are at least endangered.^[2]

Description

Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6 stamens.^[3]

Species

There are currently four described species in Bocagea:^[2]

• Bocagea asymmetrica Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes
• Bocagea longepedunculata Mart.
• Bocagea moeniana Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes
• Bocagea viridis A.St.-Hil.