Brya

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: Faboideae
Tribus: Dalbergieae
Genus: Brya
Species: B. buxifolia – B. chrysogonii – B. depressa – B. ebenus – B. hirsuta – B. microphylla – B. subinermis

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Brya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 07. Reference page.

Name

Brya P.Browne, 1756

Type species: Aspalathus ebenus L. NT designated by J. Hutchinson, Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 472 (1964).

Synonyms

Nefrakis Raf.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Caribbean
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Introduced into:
India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts. London. BHL Reference page. , 299

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Brya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Brya. Published online. Accessed: Nov 07 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Brya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 07.
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist

Brya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[1][2] Species include Brya ebenus, a valuable timber tree.
References

Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Brya". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Brya". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 February 2014.