Bocagea is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It comprises four species distributed in Brazil. Augustin Saint-Hilaire, the French botanist who first formally described the genus, named it after Josephi Mariae de Souza du Bocage, who he said beautifully translated a poem about flowers into Portuguese and illustrated it.
All species of Bocagea are rare and are at least endangered.
Description Bocagea are shrubs or small trees with two rows of petals, 3 interior and 3 exterior, and 6 stamens.
Species There are currently four described species in Bocagea: Bocagea asymmetrica Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes Bocagea longepedunculata Mart. Bocagea moeniana Mello-Silva & J.C.Lopes Bocagea viridis A.St.-Hil.
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