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Latin name	Nectandra longicaudata (Lundell) C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra savannarum (Standl. & Steyerm.) C.K.Allen Phoebe longicaudata Lundell Phoebe savannarum Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	longcaudate nectandra; laurel, white laurel (Belize)
French name	nectandra longicaudé
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Belize); laurel, puchiteum (Mexico)
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Latin name	Nectandra longipetiolata van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	longpetiole nectandra
French name	nectandra à long pétiole
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Latin name	Nectandra lundellii C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Persea gentlei Lundell Phoeba gentlei (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm.
English name	Lundell nectandra; timber sweet, wild pear (Belize)
French name	nectandra de Lundell
Spanish name	aguacatillo, (Honduras, Mexico); jigua (Honduras); laurel (Guatemala, Mexico); laurel aguacatillo, laurel chilpatillo (Mexico)
Other name	ca ca woung, ca'ca'woung (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Nectandra martinicensis Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Lesser Antilles) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	mes [xer]
Use	dr ti
Synonym	Nectandra glandulifolia Lasser Nectandra tabascensis Lundell Nectandra woodsoniana C.K.Allen Ocotea tabascensis (Lundell) Howard
English name	Martinique nectandra
French name	nectandra de la Martinique; laurier, laurier cypre (Trinidad)
Spanish name	aguacate blanco, aguacate del monte (Nicaragua); aguacatillo, aguacatillo blanco (Mexico); jigua (Ecuador); laurel, laurel blanco (Venezuela); quisarra (Costa Rica); sigua (Panama); tepeaguacate (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Nectandra matudae Lundell
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Oaxaca, Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	M
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Synonym	Nectandra glandulosa Lundell Nectandra matudai Lundell Pleurothyrium glandulosum (Lundell) Lundell
English name	Matuda nectandra
French name	nectandra de Matuda
Spanish name	aquacatillo de mico (Mexico)
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Latin name	Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] hyg->xer
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Laurus membranacea Sw. Laurus membranaceus Sw. Laurus parviflora sensu Maycock Nectandra bondarii Coe-Teix. Nectandra cuspidata var. macrocarpa Nees Nectandra cuspidata var. strumosa (Griseb.) Meisn. Nectandra laevis Mez Nectandra leucothyrsus Meisn. Nectandra raimondii O.C.Schmidt Nectandra skutchii C.K.Allen Nectandra standleyi C.K.Allen Nectandra williamsii O.C.Schmidt Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) Howard Oreodaphne strumosa Griseb. Persea membranacea (Sw.) Spreng.
English name	membraneous nectandra; black cedar, pumpkin sweet wood, sweet myers (Trinidad and Tobago); sweetwood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra membraneux; bois Chypre, bois doux; bois négresse, bois violon (Guadeloupe); bois-doux négresse; laurier bois, laurier bois doux (Guadeloupe); laurier caca (Grenada); laurier Chypre, laurier cochon; laurier doux (Guadeloupe); laurier gland (Martinique); laurier Isabelle (Grenada); laurier jaune (Haiti); laurier marbré, laurier meuble (Grenada); laurier noir (Dominica, Guadeloupe); lorier zabrico (Grenada)
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico); aguacatillo de monte (Colombia); ajua, arash, chin amarillo (Ecuador); cigua (Dominican Republic); isma moena (Peru); jigua (Ecuador); laurel (Colombia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo, laurel azuloso hoji-alargado (Colombia); laurel blanco (Guatemala); laurel geogeo (Puerto Rico); laurel lanza grabo (Colombia); laurel mancanillo (Venezuela); laurel pava (Colombia); laurel prieto, laurelillo (Puerto Rico); moena, mundshuy gateado (Peru); quizarrá, quizarrá quina (Costa Rica); roble amarillo, roble blanco, roble corriente, roble playa (Peru); sigua, sigua amarillo, sigua blanco (Panama); yigua (Colombia)
Other name	canela, canela branca, canela branca do brejo, canela branca miúda, canela caqui branca, canela fogo, canela nhoçara, injuva, injuva branca (Brazil); lorie jòn (creole, Haiti); louro, louro graveto (Brazil); opa-cheero (Colombia); paach (Ecuador); pishcu ñahui moena (Peru); zaboca (Trinidad)
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Latin name	Nectandra minima Rohwer
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba: Isla de la Juventud)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Nectandra earlei Britton ex Roíg & Acuña
English name	small nectandra
French name	nectandra minime
Spanish name	boniatillo, moniato (Cuba)
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Latin name	Nectandra mirafloris van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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English name	Nicaragua nectandra
French name	nectandra du Nicaragua
Spanish name	aguacate, aguacate de monte (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Nectandra nitida Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	ti (construction)
Synonym	Nectandra perdubia Lundell
English name	bastard nectandra; bastard timber sweet, bastard timbersweet, laurel, wild pear (Belize)
French name	nectandra luisant
Spanish name	aguacate montero (Nicaragua); aguacatillo (Honduras, Mexico); canela, canelo (Nicaragua); laurel (Guatemala, Mexico); laurel blanco (Guatemala); zacocote (Mexico)
Other name	tz’unu’unte’ (maya, Guatemala)
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Latin name	Nectandra oppositifolia Nees & Mart.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) N ME SE South America (Colombia, Venezuela, E Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	[hyg]
Use	ti
Synonym	Nectandra acutissima Nees ex Meisn. Nectandra labouriaviana Machado Nectandra mollis ssp. oppositifolia (Nees) Rohwer Nectandra oppositifolia var. amplifolia Nees Nectandra oppositifolia var. angustifolia Nees Nectandra oppositifolia var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra rigida var. canescens Mez Nectandra schottii Meisn.
English name	oppositeleaf nectandra
French name	nectandra à feuilles opposées
Spanish name	caidita, laurel negro (Colombia)
Other name	canela, canela amarela, canela amarelinha, canela branca, canela cheirosa, canela da restinga, canela ferrugem, canela garuba, canela garuva, canela nhioçara, canela tucano, canela vermelha, canelão, injuva vermelha, louro (Brazil)
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Latin name	Nectandra patens (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	[hel] hyg->xer calc
Use	ti
Synonym	Laurus exaltata Sw. non Rudolphi Laurus patens Sw. Nectandra coriacea f. dubia Mez Nectandra exaltata (Sw.) Griseb. Ocotea angustitepala (Krause) Robyns & Wilczek Ocotea exaltata (Sw.) Proctor Ocotea jamaicensis Mez Ocotea patens (Sw.) Nees Oreodaphne exaltata (Sw.) Nees Phoebe patens (Sw.) Nees Tylostemon angustitepalus Krause
English name	capberry nectandra; cap-berry, cup-berry, loblolly sweetwood, sweet-wood, sweetwood (Jamaica)
French name	nectandra rouge; bois doux laurier-rouge (Guadeloupe); bois-petit-Jean; laurier caca (Dominica); laurier doux; laurier gland (Martinique); laurier gros-graine (St. Lucia); laurier Isabelle (Martinique); laurier Isabelle rouge
Spanish name	cigua, cigua laurel (Dominican Republic); laurel; laurel geo colorado (Puerto Rico); laurel geo macho; laurel roseta (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Nectandra pichurim (Kunth) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Use	fd (condiment) fw (kindling) ti (door framing, doors)
Synonym	Aydendron laurel Nees Laurus pichurim Willd. Nectandra amara var. australis Griseb. non Meisn. Ocotea pichurim Kunth Persea pichurim (Kunth) Spreng.
English name	pichurim nectandra
French name	nectandra pichurim
Spanish name	isula micuna (Peru); laurel (Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela); laurel blanco (Argentina); laurel del Orinoco (Venezuela); laurel peludo (Argentina); moena (Peru)
Other name	keda (Colombia); muina (Peru); pee-sheé (Colombia); pishco-ñahui-muina (Peru)
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Latin name	Nectandra pulchra Ekman & O.C.Schmidt
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Morne Rochelois, Massif de la Hotte)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology
Use	ex? ( may be extinct by now according to Rohwer)
Synonym	Ocotea pulchra (Ekman & O.C.Schmidt) Alain
English name	handsome nectandra
French name	nectandra élégant
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Latin name	Nectandra purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	mes->xer
Use	ti? (furniture, general construction, interior trim)
Synonym	Laurus purpurea Ruiz & Pav. Nectandra latifolia (Kunth) Mez Nectandra polita Nees Nectandra polita var. oerstedii Meisn. Nectandra purpurascens (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Ocotea flexuosa Rusby Ocotea latifolia Kunth Persea latifolia (Kunth) Spreng.
English name	purple nectandra
French name	nectandra pourpre
Spanish name	coyo kiche (Guatemala); hijanonga negra, jigua, jigua laurel (Ecuador); laurel (Colombia); moena (Peru); sacalante (Guatemala); sigua blanca, sigua blanco (Honduras, Panama); sigua negra, sigua negro (Panama)
Other name	yuwich (Peru)
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Latin name	Nectandra ramonensis Standl.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	SanRamón nectandra
French name	nectandra de San Ramón
Spanish name	sigua (Panama)
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Latin name	Nectandra reticulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	pl sa (shade tree for coffee) ti (construction)
Synonym	Canela reticulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Laurus aestivalis Vell. Laurus reticulata Ruiz & Pav. Nectandra discolor var. subvenosa Meisn. Nectandra grandis Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees Nectandra laurel var. triquetra Meisn. Nectandra mollis (Kunth) Nees Nectandra mollis var. attenuata Meisn. Nectandra mollis var. intermedia Meisn. Nectandra mollis var. venosa (Nees) Meisn. Nectandra mollis var. villosa (Nees) Meisn. Nectandra pittieri Lasser Nectandra rigida Nees Nectandra tovarensis Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees Nectandra villosa Nees Nectandra villosa var. venosa Nees Ocotea mollis Kunth Ocotea rigida Kunth Persea incana Schott Persea mollis (Kunth) Spreng.
English name	reticulate nectandra; sweetwood (Panama)
French name	nectandra réticulé
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua); canelo (Ecuador, Nicaragua); chinchi, chinchii (Peru); chualá (Guatemala); figua amarilla (Ecuador); guabo, huarme tashango (Peru); jigua negra (Colombia); laurel (Guatemala, Mexico); laurel amarillo, laurel margon (Venezuela); laurel negro lanoso (Colombia); laurelillo, laurelillo de monte, lida, moco (Mexico); moena, moena negra, muena (Peru); quizarrá (Costa Rica); roble amarillo, roble negro, roble playa (Peru); suirtinchi (Ecuador); tepeaguacate (Guatemala, Mexico); tinchi (Peru)
Other name	canela, canela babenta, canela cabulluda, canela jacú, canela-de-cacho, canela-ferrugem, canela-gosmenta, canela-jacu, canela-parda, canela-preta, canela-puante, canelo (Brazil); grootbladige pisie, grootbladigia pisie, grootbladigie pisie (Suriname); louro-preto (Brazil); pisie (Suriname)
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Latin name	Nectandra roberto-andinoi (A.Nelson) van der Werff
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Pleurothyrium roberto-andinoi A.Nelson
English name	RobertoAndino nectandra
French name	nectandra de Roberto Andino
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Latin name	Nectandra rudis C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala, El Salvador)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology
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English name	wild nectandra
French name	nectandra sauvage
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Other name	onte (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Nectandra salicifolia (Kunth) Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel mes
Use	dr fw ti (furniture, general construction, interior trim)
Synonym	Nectandra cayoana Lundell Nectandra loesnerii Mez Nectandra sanguinea var. lanceolata Meisn. Ocotea salicifolia Kunth Persea salicifolia (Kunth) Spreng.
English name	willowleaf nectandra; black water (Belize); black wattle, laurel, timbersweet, wild pear (Belize)
French name	nectandra à feuilles de saule
Spanish name	aguacate canelo (Nicaragua); aguacate cimaron, aguacate del monte (Mexico); aguacatillo (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); canelo (Costa Rica); flor de pescarito (Mexico); juacatillo (Belize); la amor (Belize); laurel (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico); laurelillo, mangle, piesito de paloma (Mexico); pimiento (El Salvador); pubabac (Guatemala); puchituum (Mexico); quina, quizarra, quizarra quina (Costa Rica); sacacoco (Mexico); sigua (Panama); sigua amarillo, sigua blanco (Costa Rica)
Other name	keská (totonaco, Mexico); laraull (maya, Belize); onte (tzeltal, Mexico); puchitum (zoque, Mexico); tuil ch'ijt (tzeltal, Mexico)
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Latin name	Nectandra salicina C.K.Allen
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Nectandra smithii C.K.Allen
English name	willowlike nectandra
French name	nectandra faux-saule
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Costa Rica, Honduras)
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Latin name	Nectandra sanguinea Rol. ex Rottb.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica) NC South America (Venezuela, Guianas)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology
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Synonym	Laurus sanguinea (Rottb.) Sw. Nectandra guianensis Meisn. Ocotea sanguinea (Rottb.) Bercht. & J.Presl Persea sanguinea (Rottb.) Spreng.
English name	bloodred nectandra; shirva (Guyana)
French name	nectandra rouge sang
Spanish name	ira rosa (Costa Rica); laurel, laurel negro (Venezuela); quizarrá colorado (Costa Rica)
Other name	shirua (Guyana)
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Latin name	Nectandra turbacensis (Kunth) Nees
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Mespilodaphne novogranatensis Meisn. Nectandra concinna Nees Nectandra effusa Meisn. Nectandra larensis Lasser Nectandra mopanensis Lundell Nectandra nervosa Mez Nectandra oligoneura Urb. Nectandra panamensis Mez Nectandra rectinervia Meisn. Nectandra sawadai O.C.Schmidt Nectandra sintenisii Mez Nectandra turbacensis var. mexicana Meisn. Ocotea oligoneura (Urb.) Alain Ocotea sintenisii (Mez) Alain Ocotea turbacensis Kunth
English name	Turbaco nectandra; laurel, timbersweet, white laurel (Belize)
French name	nectandra de Turbaco
Spanish name	aguacatillo (Costa Rica); aji, aji de monte, ajicillo (Colombia); cigna blanca, cigna prieta (Dominican Republic); cigua (Panama); cigua blanca, cigua brava, cigua prieta (Dominican Republic); jigua (Colombia); laurel (Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); laurel amarillo, laurel blanco (Puerto Rico); laurel de aguacatillo (Mexico); laurel geo, laurel macho (Puerto Rico); laurel negro, marro (Venezuela); moena, moena menuda, moena negra (Peru); negrillo (Bolivia); sigua (Panama); sigua blanca (Costa Rica); sigua prieta (Dominican Republic)
Other name	disapi (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Nectandra umbrosa (Kunth) Mez
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Ocotea umbrosa Kunth Oreodaphne humboldtii Meisn. Oreodaphne umbrosa (Kunth) Nees Persea umbrosa (Kunth) Spreng.
English name	rock nectandra; rock sweetwood (Panama)
French name	nectandra sciaphile
Spanish name	canelo (Costa Rica); jigua laurel, jigua negra (Colombia); sigua blanco (Panama); yalte (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Neea Ruiz & Pav.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution
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English name	neea; saltwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	neea
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Latin name	Neea amplifolia Donn Sm.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala: Petén; Belize to Panama) MW MC South America (Ecuador: Los Ríos; Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology
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Synonym	Neea acuminatissima Standl. Neea guatemalensis Lundell Neea urophylla Standl.
English name	ampleleaf neea
French name	neea à feuilles amples
Spanish name	palo agua (Bolivia)
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Latin name	Neea buxifolia (Hook.f.) Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	[S]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
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Synonym	Eggersia buxifolia Hook.f.
English name	boxleaf neea; saltwood (Puerto Rico)
French name	neea à feuilles de buis
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Latin name	Neea collina Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Port de Paix; Dominican Republic: Jaiquí Picado, Santiago, Hoyo de Pelempito, Sierra del Bahoruco)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer
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English name	hilly neea
French name	neea collinéen
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Latin name	Neea delicatulata Standl.
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
Foliage
Ecology	calc
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English name	delicate neea
French name	neea délicat
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Latin name	Neea demissa Heimerl
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Haiti: Tiburón, Port-au-Prince; Dominican Republic: Jaiquí Picado, Santiago)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology
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English name	weak neea
French name	neea retombant
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Latin name	Neea elegans P.H.Allen
Family	Nyctaginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	graceful neea
French name	neea gracieux
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