Brunia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Bruniales

Familia: Bruniaceae
Tribus: Brunieae
Genus: Brunia
Species: B. africana – B. angulata – B. barnardii – B. bullata – B. callunoides – B. compacta – B. cordata – B. dregeana – B. esterhuyseniae – B. fragarioides – B. laevis – B. latebracteata – B. macrocephala – B. microphylla – B. monogyna – B. monostyla – B. myrtoides – B. neglecta – B. nodiflora – B. noduliflora – B. oblongifolia – B. paleacea – B. palustris – B. pentandra – B. phylicoides – B. pillansii – B. powrieae – B. purpurea – B. sacculata – B. schlechteri – B. sphaerocephala – B. squalida – B. thomae – B. trigyna – B. tulbaghensis – B. variabilis – B. villosa – B. virgata
Name

Brunia Lam. Encycl. 1(2): 474. (1785), nom. cons.

Type species: Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius, Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 56. (1767)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lonchostoma Wikstr., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. ser. 2. 1818: 350. (1818)
Raspalia Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 377. (1826) pro parte
Nebelia Neck. ex Sweet, Hort. Brit. (ed. 2) 116. (1830)
Pseudobaeckea Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2a): 136. (1891) pro parte
Mniothamnea Nied., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2a): 136. (1891)
Baeckea Burm.f. non Baeckea L.
Barrera L.
Barreria L.
Berardia Brongn. non Berardia Vill.
Diberara Baill.
Erasma R.Br.
Gravenhorstia Nees
Heterodon Meisn.

References

Lamarck, J-B. 1785. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(2): 474.
Classen-Bockhoff, R., Oliver, E.G.H., Hall, A.V. & Quint, M. 2011. A new classification of the South African endemic family Bruniaceae based on molecular and morphological data. Taxon 60(4): 1138–1155. DOI: 10.1002/tax.604016 JSTOR Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Brunia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 9. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Brunia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 9.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brunia (Bruniaceae) in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2010-Mar-6.
Brunia (Bruniaceae) – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names
English: Flower Balls
suomi: Bruniat
русский: Бруния