Brownea

Brownea
	Inflorescence of Brownea ariza
Systematics
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Fabales (Fabales)
Family :	Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily :	Carob family (Caesalpinioideae)
Tribe :	Detarieae
Genre :	Brownea
Scientific name
	Brownea
	Jacq.

Brownea is a genus of plants in the subfamily carob family (Caesalpinioideae) within the legume family(Fabaceae / Leguminosae). The 25 to 30 species are common in the Neotropics . Some species are also called "Rose of Venezuela".

description

Illustration of Brownea grandiceps

Brownea coccinea

Brownea grandiceps

Branch with pinnate leaves of Brownea grandiceps

Brownea macrophylla

Brownea species grow as shrubs or small trees . The leaves are pinnate.

The flowers stand together in racemose inflorescences . Some species (example: Brownea macrophylla ) are kauliflor . The two cover sheets are fused. The large, showy flowers are hermaphrodite, radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . There are basically five sepals , for example in Brownea latifolia two are fused together, giving the impression that there are only four. The five petals are usually strikingly colored. There are two circles with five stamens each. There is only one carpel . There are legumes formed.

Systematics

The genus Brownea was in 1760 by Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin in Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes ... first published. The generic name Brownea honors the Irish doctor and botanist Patrick Browne .

The genus Brownea belongs to the tribe Detarieae in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae within the family Fabaceae .

The genus Brownea contains 25 to 30 species in northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) and on the Caribbean islands .

Brownea angustiflora Little
Brownea ariza Benth.
Brownea birschellii Hook. f.
Brownea bolivarensis Pittier
Brownea cauliflora Poepp. & Endl.
Brownea coccinea Jacq.
Brownea disepala Little
Brownea enricii Quinones
Brownea excelsa (Pittier) JFMacbr.
Brownea gladisrojasiae D. Velasquez & Agostini
Brownea grandiceps Jacq.
Brownea herthae Harms
Brownea holtonii Britton & Killip
Brownea hybrida Backer
Brownea leucantha Jacq.
Brownea longipedicellata Huber
Brownea loretensis Standl.
Brownea macbrideana J.F. Macbr.
Brownea macrophylla Linden
Brownea multijuga Britton & Killip
Brownea negrensis Benth.
Brownea peruviana J.F. Macbr.
Brownea puberula Little
Brownea rosa-de-monte Bergius
Brownea santanderensis Quinones
Brownea similis Cowan
Brownea stenantha Britton & Killip
Brownea tillettiana D. Velasquez & Agostini
Brownea ucayalina (Huber) Ducke

source

Shirley C. Tucker: Floral development in Tribe Detarieae (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae): Amherstia, Brownea, and Tamarindus. In: American Journal of Botany , Volume 87, 2000, pp. 1385-1407: full text online.
Andreas Bärtels: Tropical Plants , Ulmer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3937-5 , p. 76
Rolf Blancke: Color Atlas Plants of the Caribbean and Central America. , Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8001-3512-4 , p. 71

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Brownea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
^ Brownea at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed on November 28, 2015.
↑ Data sheet at International Legume Database Information Service = ILDIS - LegumeWeb - World Database of Legumes , Version 10.38 from July 20, 2010.

Web links

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[GRIN-1] A ^b Brownea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

[Tropicos-2] Brownea at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed on November 28, 2015.

[ILDIS-3] Data sheet at International Legume Database Information Service = ILDIS - LegumeWeb - World Database of Legumes , Version 10.38 from July 20, 2010.