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'''''Nauclea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Rubiaceae]] [[Family (biology)|family]]. The species are [[evergreen]] trees or shrubs that are native to the [[Paleotropical Kingdom|paleotropics]].<ref name="Mabberley2008">{{cite book|author=Mabberley DJ|year=2008|title=Mabberley's Plant Book|edition=3|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-82071-4}}</ref> The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened.<ref name="Ridsdale1978">{{cite journal|author=Ridsdale CE|year=1978|title=A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae)|journal=Blumea|volume=24|issue=2|pages=325–331}}</ref> The [[Genus#Generic name|generic name]] is [[Etymology|derived]] from the [[Ancient Greek]] words ''naus'', meaning "ship" and ''kleio'', meaning "to close".<ref name="Guattrocchi2000">{{cite book|author=Quattrocchi U|year=2000|title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names|volume=3|publisher=CRC Press|location=Baton Rouge, New York, London, Washington DC|isbn= 978-0-8493-2673-8}}</ref> It refers to the resemblance of the cells of the [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]] to a ship's hull.<ref name="Huxley1992">{{cite book|author=Huxley AJ|year=1992|title=The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening|edition=|publisher=The Macmillan Press Limited|location=London|editors=Huxley AJ, Griffiths M, Levy M|isbn=978-0-333-47494-5}}</ref>
 
 
==Cultivation and use==
 
''[[Nauclea diderrichii]]'' is a large tree from [[West Africa]] that is widely [[Gardening|cultivated]] elsewhere.<ref name="Staples2005">{{cite book|vauthors=Staples GW, Herbst DR |year=2005|title=A Tropical Garden Flora|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|location=Honolulu}}</ref> Its [[wood]] is resistant to borers and is used around harbors and in other places where wood is in constant contact with water.<ref name="Mabberley2008"/>
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
''Nauclea'' is a member of the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Naucleeae]] and is [[sister taxon|sister]] to a [[clade]] consisting of ''[[Burttdavya]]'' and ''[[Sarcocephalus]]''.<ref name="Manns2010">{{cite journal|author=Manns U, Bremer B|year=2010|title=Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=56|issue=1|pages=21–39|url=http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002 | pmid= 20382247|last2=Bremer}}</ref> The current [[type species]] for the genus is ''[[Nauclea orientalis]]''. [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] originally [[Botanical name|named]] it ''Cephalanthus orientalis'' in the first edition of ''[[Species Plantarum]]'' but transferred it to ''Nauclea'' when he erected that genus in the second edition in 1762.<ref name="Linnaeus1762">Carolus Linnaeus. 1762. ''Species Plantarum'' 2nd edition. (Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum diferentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas / Caroli Linnæe.): 1:243. Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii: Stockholm, Sweden.</ref>
 
 
==Species==
 
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*''[[Nauclea diderrichii]]'' <small>([[Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman|De Wild.]]) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
 
* ''[[Nauclea gageana]]'' <small>([[George King (botanist)|King]])</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea gilletii]]'' <small>([[Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman|De Wild.]]) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea latifolia]]'' <small>Smith</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea officinalis]]'' <small>(Pierre ex Pit.) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]] & Chun</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea orientalis]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> - Common names: Kanluang, Bangkal, Leichhardt Tree, Cheesewood, Yellow Cheesewood, Canary Cheesewood
 
*''[[Nauclea parva]]'' <small>(Havil.) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea robinsonii]]'' <small>[[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea subdita]]'' <small>([[Pieter Willem Korthals|Korth.]]) Steud.</small> - Common names: Bongkol, Bulubangkal
 
*''[[Nauclea tenuiflora]]'' <small>(Havil.) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea vanderguchtii]]'' <small>([[Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman|De Wild.]]) E.M.A.Petit</small>
 
*''[[Nauclea xanthoxylon]]'' <small>([[Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier|A.Chev.]]) Aubrév.</small>
 
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==References==
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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