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'''''Brownea''''' is a genus of about 30 species in the family [[Fabaceae]], subfamily [[Caesalpinioideae]]. The genus is native to tropical regions of the [[Americas]]. The species are [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s growing to 20 m tall.<ref name=ildis>LegumeWeb: [http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&genus~Brownea&species~% ''Brownea'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1738 ''Brownea'']</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>

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Brownea (Patrick Browne wrote a history of Jamaica). Sometimes written Brownaea. (Hermesias, Loefl.). Leguminosae. A group of 10 small evergreen trees of Trop. Amer., allied to Amherstia and Bauhinia but little known in the American trade. Lvs. alternate and pinnate: fls. showy, red, in dense terminal or axillary clusters. Cult, in hothouses. B. Ariza, Benth. (B. princeps, Lind.) has drooping heads of scarlet fls. B. grandiceps, Jacq. Fls. red, in capitate spikes: lftsabout 12 pairs, lance-oblong. S.Amer. B. Rosa-de-Monte, Berger. Fls. scarlet, in dense heads: lfts. 2-3 pairs, oval, acuminate. S. Amer.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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==Species==
*''[[Brownea angustiflora]]'' Little 
*''[[Brownea ariza]]'' Benth. 
*''[[Brownea birschellii]]'' Hook. f.
*''[[Brownea bolivarensis]]'' Pittier 
*''[[Brownea cauliflora]]'' Poepp. & Endl. 
*''[[Brownea coccinea]]'' Jacq.
*''[[Brownea crawfordii]]'' W. Watson 
*''[[Brownea disepala]]'' Little 
*''[[Brownea enricii]]'' Quinones 
*''[[Brownea excelsa]]'' (Pittier) J.F. Macbr. 
*''[[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 ex Mast. 
*''[[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 

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==References==
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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