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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Nauclea orientalis 031208-3067.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Nauclea orientalis]]''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Nauclea
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|type_species = ''[[Nauclea orientalis]]''
|type_species_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms =
*''Bancalus'' <small>Rumph. ex [[Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small>
*''Burttdavya'' <small>Hoyle</small>
*''Cephalina'' <small>Thonn.</small>
*''Platanocarpum'' <small>[[Pieter Willem Korthals|Korth.]]</small>
*''Platanocephalus'' <small>Vaill. ex Crantz</small>
*''Sarcocephalus'' <small>[[Adam Afzelius|Afzel.]] ex [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|R.Br.]]</small>
}}
'''''Nauclea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Rubiaceae]]. The species are [[evergreen]] trees or shrubs that are native to the [[Paleotropical Kingdom|paleotropics]].<ref name=Mabberley2008/> The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened.<ref name=Ridsdale1978/> 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/> It refers to the resemblance of the cells of the [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]] to a ship's hull.<ref name=Huxley1992/>
==Cultivation and use==
''[[Nauclea diderrichii]]'' is a large tree from [[West Africa]] that is widely [[Gardening|cultivated]] elsewhere.<ref name=Staples2005/> 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]]. It is closely related to ''[[Burttdavya]]'' and ''[[Sarcocephalus]]'',<ref name=Manns2010/> and these latter two genera are now considered synonyms of ''Nauclea''.<ref name=Lofstrand2014/> 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/>
==Species==
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*''[[Nauclea diderrichii]]'' <small>([[Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman|De Wild.]]) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
*''[[Nauclea gilletii]]'' <small>([[Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman|De Wild.]]) [[Elmer Drew Merrill|Merr.]]</small>
*''[[Nauclea latifolia]]'' <small>Smith</small> - Common  names: African peach, Guinea peach, Sierra Leone peach, country fig
*''[[Nauclea nyasica]]'' <small> (Hoyle) Å.Krüger & Löfstrand</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 pobeguinii]]'' <small> (Hua ex Pobég.) [[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>
{{div col end}}
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<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>
<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>
<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>
<ref name=Huxley1992>{{cite book|author=Huxley AJ|year=1992|title=The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening|publisher=The Macmillan Press Limited|location=London|editor=Huxley AJ|editor2= Griffiths M|editor3= Levy M|isbn=978-0-333-47494-5}}</ref>
<ref name=Staples2005>{{cite book|vauthors=Staples GW, Herbst DR|year=2005|title=A Tropical Garden Flora|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|location=Honolulu}}</ref>
<ref name=Manns2010>{{cite journal|vauthors=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|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002|pmid=20382247}}</ref>
<ref name=Lofstrand2014>{{cite journal|vauthors=Löfstrand SD, Krüger Å, Razafimandimbison SG, Bremer B|year=2014|title=Phylogeny and generic delimitations in the sister tribes Hymenodictyeae and Naucleeae (Rubiaceae)|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=39|pages=304–315|doi=10.1600/036364414X678116}}</ref>
<ref name=Linnaeus1762>Carolus Linnaeus. 1762. ''Species Plantarum'' 2nd edition. (Species plantarum : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas / Caroli Linnæe.): 1:243. Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii: Stockholm, Sweden.</ref>
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[[Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa]]
[[Category:Trees of Africa]]
[[Category:Nauclea]]
[[Category:Rubiaceae genera]]