Brachytome
Genus of plants
| Brachytome | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Gardenieae |
| Genus: | Brachytome Hook.f. |
| Type species | |
| Brachytome wallichii Hook.f. | |
Brachytome is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871.[1] It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia.
Species
- Brachytome hainanensis C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam
- Brachytome hirtella Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam
- Brachytome kachinensis Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma)
- Brachytome pitardii Tirveng. - Vietnam
- Brachytome russellii Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma)
- Brachytome scortechinii King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
- Brachytome wallichiii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam
- Brachytome wardii C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma)
References
- ^ Joseph Dalton Hooker. 1871. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: 70, pl. 1088, Brachytome wallichii.
External links
- Brachytome in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Brachytome wallichii picture
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