Neesia
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Neesia malayana.JPG
|image_caption = Neesia malayana
|taxon = Neesia
|authority = Blume (1835)
|synonyms =
- Blumea {{small|Rchb. (1828), nom. illeg.}}
- Cotylephora {{small|Meisn. (1837)}}
- Esenbeckia {{small|Blume (1825)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331797-2 Neesia Blume]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
}}
Neesia is a genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae family. It contains eight species, which are native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.
Species
Eight species are currently accepted:
- Neesia altissima {{small|(Blume) Blume}} – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java
- Neesia ambigua {{small|Becc.}} – Borneo
- Neesia glabra {{small|Becc.}} – Borneo
- Neesia kostermansiana {{small|Soepadmo}} – Thailand and western Peninsular Malaysia
- Neesia malayana {{small|Bakh.}} – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
- Neesia piluliflora {{small|Becc.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
- Neesia purpurascens {{small|Becc.}} – Borneo
- Neesia synandra {{small|Mast.}} – Peninsular Malaysia