Neoregnellia

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Neoregnellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.{{cite web |title=Neoregnellia Urb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295281-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}} It just contains one species, Neoregnellia cubensis Urb. {{cite web |title=Neoregnellia cubensis Urb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169084-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is the Caribbean region. It is found in the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

The genus name of Neoregnellia is in honour of Anders Fredrik Regnell (1807–1884), a Swedish physician and botanist.{{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}} The Latin specific epithet of cubensis means "coming from Cuba" (where the plant was found).{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Vol.20 on page 306-307 in 1924.