Brownea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Brownea
Species: B. ariza – B. birschellii – B. bolivarensis – B. chocoana – B. coccinea – B. enrici – B. gladysrojasiae – B. grandiceps – B. hermesias – B. jaramilloi – B. leucantha – B. longipedicellata – B. macrophylla – B. multijuga – B. negrensis – B. puberula – B. rosa-de-monte – B. santanderensis – B. similis – B. stenantha – B. tillettiana
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Brownea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 09. Reference page.

Name

Brownea Jacq., 1760

Type species: Brownea coccinea Jacq.

Synonyms

Hermesias Loefl.

References
Primary references

Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. : 6, 26.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Brownea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Brownea. Published online. Accessed: Sep 09 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Brownea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 09.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

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

References

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