Neopringlea
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}}
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|Llavea |Liebm. }}
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Neopringlea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae.{{cite web |title=Neopringlea S.Watson {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295285-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}}
It is native to Mexico and Guatemala.
The genus name of Neopringlea is in honour of Cyrus Pringle (1838–1911), an American botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America. He was also a prolific collector and accomplished botanical explorer.{{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 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It was first described and published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts vol.26 on page 134 in 1891.
Known species
- Neopringlea integrifolia {{small|(Hemsl.) S.Watson}}
- Neopringlea viscosa {{small|(Liebm.) Rose}}