# Bencomia

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{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Bencomia caudata - Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid.JPG
|image_caption = ''Bencomia caudata''
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Bencomia
|authority = [Webb](/source/Philip_Barker_Webb) & [Berthel.](/source/Sabin_Berthelot)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = * ''[Bencomia brachystachya](/source/Bencomia_brachystachya)''
* ''[Bencomia caudata](/source/Bencomia_caudata)''
* ''[Bencomia exstipulata](/source/Bencomia_exstipulata)''
* ''[Bencomia sphaerocarpa](/source/Bencomia_sphaerocarpa)''
}}

'''''Bencomia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of four rare plant [species](/source/species), which grow as woody, branching [shrub](/source/shrub)s with glossy, evergreen leaves and central, pendulous [inflorescence](/source/inflorescence)s with small flowers followed by densely packed, globular [fruit](/source/fruit)s. Mature heights range from 1 to 4 meters.

They are endemic to the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) and [Madeira](/source/Madeira).<ref name="FloraTeide2025">{{cite book |last1=Martín Osorio |first1=Victoria Eugenia |last2=Hernández Bolaños |first2=Beatriz  |last3=Wildpret Martín |first3=Wolf-Hermann |last4=Wildpret de la Torre |first4=Wolfredo |date=2025-10-07 |title=Flora and Vegetation of The Teide National Park |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-88400-9 |doi= 10.1007/978-3-031-88400-9|publisher=Springer Cham |pages=115–119 |isbn=978-3-031-88399-6 | chapter= Chapter 3: Flora of Teide National Park}}</ref>

The genus was originally described by botanists [Philip Barker-Webb](/source/Philip_Barker-Webb) and [Sabin Berthelot](/source/Sabin_Berthelot) and is named after [Bencomo](/source/Bencomo).<ref>{{Cite Q|https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139265330}}</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Bencomia brachystachya](/source/Bencomia_brachystachya)''
* ''[Bencomia caudata](/source/Bencomia_caudata)''
* ''[Bencomia exstipulata](/source/Bencomia_exstipulata)''
* ''[Bencomia sphaerocarpa](/source/Bencomia_sphaerocarpa)''
thumb|400px|left|{{center|''Bencomia sphaerocarpa''}}

==External links==
*[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/137432 UniProt entry]
*[http://www.plantsystematics.org/taxpage/0/genus/Bencomia.html Plant Systematics (photos)]
*[http://www.rareplants.de/shop/prodtype.asp?CAT_ID=910 RarePlants entry]
*{{Commons-inline|2=''Bencomia''}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Bencomia|''Bencomia''}}

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Category:Sanguisorbinae
Category:Rosaceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of the Canary Islands

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