Brownea

Brownea is a genus of about 30 species in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Detarioideae. The genus is native to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.[1][2][3]

Species
  • Brownea angustiflora Little
  • Brownea ariza Benth.
  • Brownea birschellii Hook. f.
  • Brownea bolivarensis Pittier
  • Brownea cauliflora Poepp. & Endl.
  • Brownea coccinea Jacq.
  • Brownea crawfordii W. Watson
  • Brownea disepala Little
  • Brownea enricii Quinones
  • Brownea excelsa (Pittier) J.F. Macbr.
  • Brownea gladisrojasiae D. Velasquez & Agostini
  • Brownea grandiceps Jacq.
  • Brownea herthae Harms
  • Brownea holtonii Britton & Killip
  • Brownea hybrida Backer
  • Brownea leucantha Jacq.
  • Brownea longipedicellata Huber
  • Brownea loretensis Standl.
  • Brownea macbrideana J.F. Macbr.
  • Brownea macrophylla Linden ex Mast.
  • Brownea multijuga Britton & Killip
  • Brownea negrensis Benth.
  • Brownea peruviana J.F. Macbr.
  • Brownea puberula Little
  • Brownea rosa-de-monte Bergius
  • Brownea santanderensis Quinones
  • Brownea similis Cowan
  • Brownea stenantha Britton & Killip
  • Brownea tillettiana D. Velasquez & Agostini
  • Brownea ucayalina (Huber) Ducke

Brownea
Brownea ariza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Brownea
Jacq.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Brownaea Jacq.
  • Hermesias Loefl.

References
  1. LegumeWeb: Brownea
  2. Germplasm Resources Information Network: Brownea Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.


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