Neobertiera

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Neobertiera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.{{cite web |title=Neobertiera Wernham {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295313-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=22 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is the Guianas, it is found in northern Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana.

The genus name of Neobertiera is in honour of Bertier, a French Guianese woman who helped French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet with native plants, including this genus, which was found on her property.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of guianensis means "of the Guianas" (an area of north eastern South America).{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

It was first described and published in J. Bot. Vol.55 on page 169 in 1917.