Brunia (plant)

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Brunia
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The leaves and the knobby inflorescences of Brunia sp. (family Bruniaceae)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Bruniales
Family: Bruniaceae
Genus: Brunia
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Brunia is a genus of shrubs of the family Bruniaceae, native to the cape region of South Africa.[1]

Taxonomy[]

The genus was described by Carl Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 1: 199 in the year 1753. The type species is Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius, Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 56. (1767)

The name Brunia is thought to have been derived from the apothecary, Dr Cornelis Brun, who travelled in Russia and the Levant, although it could also be in commemoration of Dr Alexander Brown, a ship's surgeon and a collector who worked in the East Indies around 1690.[2][3]

Species[]

The genus is accepted by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they only accept Brunia albiflora, Brunia lanuginosa,Brunia nodiflora, Brunia noduliflora, Brunia paleacea and Brunia stokoei.[4] Kew accepts the above species except Brunia nodiflora.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brunia ". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Brunia noduliflora". www.plantzafrica.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology; Volume IV R-Z (2000) at Google Books
  4. ^ Species Records of Brunia. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  5. ^ "Brunia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

Other sources[]

  • Lamarck, J-B. 1785. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(2): 474


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