Bridelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Bridelieae
Subtribus: Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus: Bridelia
Species: B. adusta – B. affinis – B. assamica – B. atroviridis – B. balansae – B. brideliifolia – B. cathartica – B. cinnamomea – B. curtisii – B. duvigneaudii – B. eranalis – B. erapensis – B. exaltata – B. ferruginea – B. finalis – B. fordii – B. glauca – B. grandis – B. harmandii – B. insulana – B. leichhardtii – B. macrocarpa – B. micrantha – B. microphylla – B. mollis – B. montana – B. moonii – B. ndellensis – B. nicobarica – B. oligantha – B. ovata – B. parvifolia – B. pervilleana – B. pustulata – B. retusa – B. rhomboidalis – B. ripicola – B. scleroneura – B. sikkimensis – B. somalensis – B. speciosa – B. stipularis – B. taitensis – B. tenuifolia – B. tomentosa – B. triplocarya – B. tulasneana – B. verrucosa – B. whitmorei – B. wilksii

Name

Bridelia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 978. (1806), nom. cons.

Type species: Bridelia montana (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 978. (1806)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Candelabria Hochst., Flora 26: 79 (1843)
Pentameria Klotzsch ex Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 584 (1858)
Neogoetzea Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 419 (1900)
Gentilia Beille, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 145: 1294 (1907)
Tzellemtinia Chiov., Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 55 (1911)

References

Willdenow, C.L. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio Quarta 4: 978.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bridelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bridelia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 10 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Bridelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Apr. 2020.

Bridelia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.[3][4][5] It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2][6][7]

Bridelia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus.

The genus Bridelia was named in the honor of Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri by the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow.[3]

Species[2]

Bridelia adusta - Sarawak, Sabah
Bridelia affinis - Yunnan, Hainan, Thailand
Bridelia alnifolia - Myanmar
Bridelia assamica - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh
Bridelia atroviridis - tropical Africa
Bridelia balansae - Nansei-shoto, S China, Indochina, Taiwan
Bridelia brideliifolia - E + C + SE Africa
Bridelia cathartica - C + S Africa
Bridelia cinnamomea - Andaman Is, S Thailand, Malaysia, W, Indonesia
Bridelia curtisii - Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Sumatra
Bridelia duvigneaudii - C Africa
Bridelia eranalis - Zaïre
Bridelia erapensis - Papua New Guinea
Bridelia exaltata - Queensland, New South Wales
Bridelia ferruginea - tropical Africa
Bridelia finalis - Queensland
Bridelia glauca - S + SE + E Asia, Papuasia
Bridelia grandis - W + C Africa
Bridelia harmandii - Indochina
Bridelia insulana - SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Micronesia
Bridelia leichhardtii - Queensland
Bridelia macrocarpa - Maluku, New Guinea
Bridelia micrantha - tropical - S Africa, Réunion
Bridelia microphylla - Somalia
Bridelia mollis - southern Africa
Bridelia montana - India
Bridelia moonii - Sri Lanka
Bridelia ndellensis - C Africa
Bridelia nicobarica - Nicobar Islands
Bridelia oligantha - Papua New Guinea
Bridelia parvifolia - Hainan, Vietnam
Bridelia pervilleana - Madagascar
Bridelia pustulata - Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines
Bridelia retusa - S China, S + SE Asia
Bridelia rhomboidalis - Madagascar
Bridelia ripicola - C Africa
Bridelia scleroneura - Yemen, tropical Africa
Bridelia sikkimensis - Himalayas
Bridelia somalensis - Somalia
Bridelia speciosa - W Africa
Bridelia stipularis - S + E + SE Asia
Bridelia taitensis - Kenya
Bridelia tenuifolia - Angola, Namibia
Bridelia tomentosa - S + E + SE Asia, New Guinea, Australia
Bridelia triplocarya - Papua New Guinea
Bridelia tulasneana - Madagascar
Bridelia verrucosa - NE India, Himalayas
Bridelia whitmorei- Pahang
Bridelia wilksii - Gabon

formerly included[2]

moved to other genera (Aporosa Cleistanthus Damnacanthus Phyllanthus Scleropyrum )

B. acuminata - Phyllanthus triandrus
B. attenuata - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
B. buxifolia - Cleistanthus stipitatus
B. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
B. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
B. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius
B. heterantha - Phyllanthus glomerulatus
B. horrida - Scleropyrum pentandrum[8]
B. laurina - Cleistanthus stipitatus
B. loureiroi - Cleistanthus monoicus
B. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus
B. oblongifolius - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
B. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
B. polystachya - Cleistanthus polystachyus
B. rufa - Cleistanthus rufus
B. rugosa - Aporosa lunata
B. sinica - Phyllanthus hohenackeri
B. spinosa DC. 1833 not (Roxb.) Willd. 1806 - Damnacanthus indicus
B. stipitata - Cleistanthus stipitatus
B. stipularis Hook. & Arn. 1837 not (L.) Blume 1826 - Cleistanthus stipularis

References

1874 illustration, tab. 55 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 978-979 in Latin
Tropicos
Dressler, S. 1996. Proposal to conserve the name Bridelia (Euphorbiaceae) with a conserved spelling. Taxon 45: 337–338
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 174 土蜜树属 tu mi shu shu Bridelia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 978. 1806.
The Plant List, Bridelia horrida Dillwyn