Brownea

Brownea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Brownea; Jacq.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Brownaea Jacq.; Hermesias Loefl.;

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

Little
Benth.
Hook. f.
Pittier
Poepp. & Endl.
Brownea coccinea Jacq.
W. Watson
Little
Brownea enricii Quinones
(Pittier) J.F. Macbr.
D. Velasquez & Agostini
Brownea grandiceps Jacq.
Harms
Britton & Killip
Backer
Brownea leucantha Jacq.
Huber
Standl.
J.F. Macbr.
Brownea macrophylla Linden ex Mast.
Britton & Killip
Benth.
J.F. Macbr.
Little
Brownea rosa-de-monte Bergius
Brownea santanderensis Quinones
Cowan
Britton & Killip
D. Velasquez & Agostini
(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.

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[ildis-1] LegumeWeb: Brownea

[grin-2] Germplasm Resources Information Network: Brownea Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[rhs-3] Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.

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