Brownleea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Brownleea']

• مصرى: براونليا
• перем коми: Браунлея
• коми: Браунлея
• мокшень: Браунлея
• кырык мары: Браунлей

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Diseae • Subtribus: Brownleeinae • Genus: Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. (1842)

8 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Type species Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. (1842)

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  Brownleea caerulea

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  Brownleea galpinii

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  Brownleea parviflora
  Type species

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  Brownleea recurvata

Further species

• Brownleea graminicola McMurtry (2008)
• Brownleea macroceras Sond. (1846)
• Brownleea maculata P.J.Cribb (1977)
• Brownleea mulanjiensis H.P.Linder (1985)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Zaire. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar.

References

Description of taxon

• Harvey, W.H. (1842) London Journal of Botany 1: 16.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 17 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Brownleea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Brownleea
• eMonocot link: Brownleea
• Tropicos link: Brownleea
• International Plant Names Index link: Brownleea
• The Plant List link: Brownleea