{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Neea theifera.jpg |image_caption = ''Neea theifera'' |taxon = Neea |authority = Ruiz & Pav. |synonyms = {{species list |Eggersia |Hook.f. |Mitscherlichia |Kunth |Nebra |Noronha ex Choisy }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/> }}
'''''Neea''''' is a genus of plants in family Nyctaginaceae from the Caribbean region, Central and South America. Members of the genus are commonly called '''''Nia''''', '''''Neea''''', or '''''saltwood'''''.
The genus was named by botanists José Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz in honor of Luis Née, a botanist on the Malaspina Expedition.<ref name="jstor" >JSTOR Global Plants</ref><ref>Parish registers. Le Perray-en-Yvelines. Archives départementales, Yvelines, France.</ref> It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 52 in 1794.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Neea'' Ruiz & Pav. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002861-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 January 2025|language=en}}</ref>
It is native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Venezuela and Venezuelan Antilles.<ref name="POWO"/>
==Species== 88 species are currently accepted.:<ref name="POWO"/> {{div col}} {{species list |''Neea acuminatissima''|Standl. |''Neea altissima''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea alumnorum''|M.Pignal, Soares Filho & Romaniuc |''Neea amaruayensis''|Steyerm. |''Neea amplexicaulis''|Dwyer & M.V.Hayden |''Neea amplifolia''|Donn.Sm. |''Neea anisophylla''|Ernst |''Neea bahiensis''|D.S.Costa |''Neea bangii''|Rusby |''Neea bernardii''|Steyerm. |''Neea boliviana''|Standl. |''Neea bracteosa''|Steyerm. |''Neea brevipedunculata''|Steyerm. |''Neea brittonii''|Standl. |''Neea buxifolia''|(Hook.f.) Heimerl |''Neea cedenensis''|Steyerm. |''Neea chiapensis''|Standl. |''Neea clarkii''|Steyerm. |''Neea coccinea''|(Sw.) Heimerl |''Neea collina''|Heimerl |''Neea constricta''|Spruce ex J.A.Schmidt |''Neea constrictoides''|Heimerl |''Neea cubana''|M.A.Díaz |''Neea darienensis''|Dwyer & M.V.Hayden |''Neea davidsei''|Steyerm. |''Neea delicatula''|Standl. |''Neea demissa''|Heimerl |''Neea dimorphophylla''|Standl. |''Neea divaricata''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea duckei''|(Huber) Furlan |''Neea ekmanii''|Heimerl |''Neea elegans''|P.H.Allen |''Neea fagifolia''|Heimerl |''Neea floribunda''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea grandis''|Maguire & Steyerm. |''Neea guaiquinimae''|Steyerm. |''Neea gustaviifolia''|Aymard |''Neea hermaphrodita''|S.Moore |''Neea hirsuta''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea huachamacarae''|Steyerm. |''Neea ignicola''|Steyerm. |''Neea itanhaensis''|E.F.S.Rossetto & J.R.Ferraz |''Neea laxa''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea liesneri''|Steyerm. |''Neea longipedunculata''|Britton ex Rusby |''Neea macrophylla''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea madeirana''|Standl. |''Neea manaosensis''|D.S.Costa & C.A.S.Bat. |''Neea mapirensis''|Standl. |''Neea mapourioides''|Steyerm. |''Neea marahuacae''|Steyerm. |''Neea mollis''|Spruce ex J.A.Schmidt |''Neea neblinensis''|Maguire & Steyerm. |''Neea nigricans''|(Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle |''Neea obovata''|Spruce ex Heimerl |''Neea obovoides''|Harling |''Neea oppositifolia''|Ruiz & Pav. |''Neea orosiana''|Standl. |''Neea ovalifolia''|Spruce ex J.A.Schmidt |''Neea parimensis''|Steyerm. |''Neea parviflora''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea pendulina''|Heimerl |''Neea petenensis''|Lundell |''Neea pittieri''|Standl. |''Neea psychotrioides''|Donn.Sm. |''Neea pubescens''|Poepp. & Endl. |''Neea robusta''|Steyerm. |''Neea rubescens''|D.S.Costa |''Neea schwackeana''|Heimerl |''Neea sebastianii''|Steyerm. |''Neea shaferi''|Standl. |''Neea spruceana''|Heimerl |''Neea stenophylla''|Standl. |''Neea subcoccinea''|Heimerl |''Neea subglabrata''|Steyerm. |''Neea subpubescens''|Heimerl |''Neea tenuis''|Standl. |''Neea tepuiensis''|Steyerm. |''Neea theifera''|Oerst. |''Neea transparens''|Lundell |''Neea tristis''|Heimerl |''Neea turbinata''|Lundell |''Neea uleana''|(Heimerl) Furlan |''Neea urophylla''|Standl. |''Neea verticillata''|Ruiz & Pav. |''Neea virens''|Poepp. ex Heimerl |''Neea williamsii''|Standl. |''Neea woronovii''|Standl. }} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://plantillustrations.org/taxa.php?taxon=Neea Plant Illustrations -- Neea]
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Category:Neea Category:Nyctaginaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa described in 1794 Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Category:Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López
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