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

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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 shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall.[1][2][3]


Read about Brownea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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  1. ↑ LegumeWeb: Brownea
  2. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Brownea
  3. ↑ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
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