Neomezia
genus of plants
Neomezia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae endemic to Cuba, which only contains one known species, Neomezia cubensis (Radlk.) Votsch.
Description
Neomezia is a dwarf shrub that is 0.3–0.5 metres (1 ft 0 in – 1 ft 8 in) tall.
Taxonomy
It was published by Oskar Hermann Wilhelm Votsch in 1904.
Subspecies
It has an accepted subspecies, Neomezia cubensis subsp. oligospinosa (Lepper) Borhidi which is native to north-western Cuba.
Etymology
The genus name of Neomezia is in honour of Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944), a German botanist and university professor. The Latin specific epithet of cubensis means "of Cuba" (where the plant was found).
Habitat
It occurs in deciduous forests on limestone.
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