oligospinosa (Lepper) Borhidi Neomezia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Primulaceae endemic to Cuba,[2] which only contains one known species, Neomezia cubensis (Radlk.)
[5] It has an accepted subspecies, Neomezia cubensis subsp.
oligospinosa (Lepper) Borhidi which is native to north-western Cuba.
[1] The genus name of Neomezia is in honour of Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944), a German botanist and university professor.
[6] The Latin specific epithet of cubensis means "of Cuba" (where the plant was found).