Brunia (plant)
Brunia is a genus of shrubs of the family Bruniaceae, native to the cape region of South Africa.[1]
| Brunia | |
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| The leaves and the knobby inflorescences of Brunia sp. (family Bruniaceae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Bruniaceae |
| Genus: | Brunia Lam. |
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
- Brunia africana Burm.f.
- Brunia angulata
- Brunia barnardii
- Brunia bullata
- Brunia callunoides
- Brunia compacta
- Brunia cordata
- Brunia dregeana
- Brunia esterhuyseniae
- Brunia fragarioides
- Brunia laevis
- Brunia latebracteata
- Brunia macrocephala
- Brunia microphylla
- Brunia monogyna
- Brunia monostyla
- Brunia myrtoides
- Brunia neglecta
- Brunia nodiflora
- Brunia noduliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, cone stompie
- Brunia oblongifolia
- Brunia paleacea
- Brunia palustris
- Brunia pentandra
- Brunia phylicoides
- Brunia pillansii
- Brunia powrieae
- Brunia purpurea
- Brunia sacculata
- Brunia schlecteri
- Brunia sphaerocephala
- Brunia squalida
- Brunia thomae
- Brunia trigyna
- Brunia tulbaghensis
- Brunia variabilis
- Brunia villosa
- Brunia virgata
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
- "Brunia ". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- "Brunia noduliflora". www.plantzafrica.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology; Volume IV R-Z (2000) at Google Books
- Species Records of Brunia. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- "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