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Northia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae.

Northia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Sapotoideae
Tribe:	Sapoteae
Genus:	Northia Hook.f.
Species:	N. seychellana
Binomial name
Northia seychellana Hook.f.
Synonyms[1][2]
Northea Hook.f., spelling variation Northia hornei Pierre Mimusops hornei M.M.Hartog Northia confusa Hemsl. Northia brevitubulata Lecomte

The name was first published by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in Hooker's Icones Plantarum (Sep 1884), in his description of Northia seychellana.[1][3] The spelling was given as Northia on the plate, but the variant Northea in the text.[4] Hooker gave the genus name in honour of the botanical illustrator and painter, Marianne North.

Northia seychellana is the only species accepted in the genus. It is endemic to the Seychelles Islands.[2] A few other species were formerly included in Northia but have been moved to Manilkara:

Formerly included[2]

• Northia fasciculata - Manilkara fasciculata - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
• Northia hoshinoi - Manilkara hoshinoi - Pohnpei
• Northia vitiensis - Manilkara vitiensis - Fiji

References

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[es] Northia

Northia es un género con siete especies de plantas perteneciente a la familia de las sapotáceas.[1][2][3]

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