Overview
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Brownea is a genus of about 30 species in the family , subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus is native to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.1][2][3]
- 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
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Genus Brownea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Brownea: B. angustiflora (Flor De Mayo) · B. angustifolia · B. antioquensis · B. ariza (Palo De Cruz) · B. aroensis · B. birschellii (Arisa) · B. bolivarensis · B. cauliflora · B. coccinea (West Indian Mountain Rose) · B. coccinea capitella (Scarlet Flame Bean) · B. coccinea coccinea · B. coccinea subsp. capitella (Rose of Venezuela) · B. coccinea subsp. coccinea · B. crawfordii · B. disepala (Palo De Vaina) · B. enricii (Flor De Palo De Cruz) · B. excelsa · B. gladisrojasiae · B. grandiceps (Rose of the Jungle) · B. grandiflora · B. guaraba · B. guaramaco · B. guianensis · B. hermesias · B. herthae · B. holtonii · B. hybrida · B. kewensis · B. latifolia · B. leucantha · B. longiflora · B. longipedicellata · B. loretensis (Palo De Cruz) · B. macbrideana (Cacao Silvestre) · B. macrophylla · B. multijuga · B. negrensis · B. peruviana · B. princeps · B. puberula · B. racemosa · B. rosa · B. rosa de monte · B. rosa-de-monte (Palo De Cruz Macho) · B. rosa-del-monte · B. rosa-montis · B. rosea · B. santanderensis · B. similis · B. speciosa · B. stenantha · B. tillettiana · B. ucayalina
References
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- ^ LegumeWeb: Brownea
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Brownea
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
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