Berrya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Brownlowioideae
Genus: Berrya
Species: B. africana – B. boivinii – B. cordifolia – B. cubensis – B. hexaptera – B. javanica – B. mollis – B. pacifica – B. papuana – B. simonis – B. tahitensis
Name

Berrya Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3(3): 60. (1820) as Berria nom. cons orth. cons.

Type species: Berrya cordifolia (Willd.) Burret

Note: This is a view of Berrya s.l. including Carpodiptera see Govaerts et al. (2020) for an alternative view.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Carpodiptera Griseb., Pl. Wright. (Grisebach) 1: 163. (1860)

References

Roxburgh, W. 1820. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3(3): 60.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Berrya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Berrya. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Berrya. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 19 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Berrya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 19.

Berrya is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region. The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers.
Cultivation

Trees from Berrya are propagated from seed and grown in warm temperate or tropical climates.
Species

Berrya ammonilla
Berrya cordifolia
Berrya javanica
Berrya mollis
Berrya pacifica
Berrya quinquelocularis
References

Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995)
Botanica Sistematica