Brachysema
There is no longer a genus named Brachysema. See below for details.
Brachysema is a plant genus in the family Fabaceae which was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1811. In 1999, several species were transferred to the genus Leptosema, and in 2002 the remaining species were transferred to the genus Gastrolobium.
Species
The following is a list of species formerly included in the genus, together with their current names.
- Brachysema acuminatum Jacques > Gastrolobium celsianum (Lem.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema aphyllum Hook.> Leptosema aphyllum (Hook.) Crisp
- Brachysema bossiaeoides (Benth.) Benth.> Leptosema bossiaeoides Benth.
- Brachysema bracteolosum F.Muell.> Gastrolobium bracteolosum (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema celsianum Lem. > Gastrolobium celsianum (Lem.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema chambersii (F.Muell.) Benth.> Leptosema chambersii F.Muell.
- Brachysema lanceolatum Meisn.> Gastrolobium celsianum (Lem.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema latifolium R.Br. G.Chandler & Crisp > Gastrolobium latifolium R.Br. G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema macrocarpum Benth.> Leptosema macrocarpum (Benth.) Crisp
- Brachysema melanopetalum F.Muell.> Gastrolobium melanopetalum (F.Muell.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema minor Crisp > Gastrolobium minus (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema modestum Crisp > Gastrolobium modestum (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema oxylobioides (F.Muell.) Benth.> Leptosema oxylobioides F.Muell.
- Brachysema papilio Crisp > Gastrolobium papilio (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema platyptera Lemaire > Gastrolobium celsianum (Lem.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema praemorsum Meisn. > Gastrolobium praemorsum (Meisn.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema sericeum (Sm.) Domin > Gastrolobium sericeum (Sm.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema sericeum Hort.> Gastrolobium minus (Crisp) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema speciosum Lesc. > Gastrolobium celsianum (Lem.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema subcordatum Benth.> Gastrolobium subcordatum (Benth.) G.Chandler & Crisp
- Brachysema tomentosum Benth. > Leptosema tomentosum (Benth.) Crisp
- Brachysema undulatum Ker Gawl. > Gastrolobium sericeum (Sm.) G.Chandler & Crisp
References
Read about Brachysema in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Brachysema (short standard, referring to the flower). Leguminosae. Shrubs or undershrubs, Australian, making good pillar or climbing plants for greenhouse; allied to Baptisia and Thermopsis. Evergreen: Lvs. opposite or alternate, simple, sometimes reduced to scales: fls. red or yellowish or almost black, solitary or several together or sometimes crowded on short radical scapes, the keel turned upward by the curving of the pedicels; stamens not united with each other: fr. ovoid or elongated, turgid.—About 14 species, a few of which are known in gardening literature. B. acuminatum, Truff. (It. speciosum, Hort.), is now offered as a good red-fld. pillar plant: sub-frutescent: Lvs. opposite, oval-elliptic, entire, more or less narrowed to base and short-petioled, the older ones long-acuminate: fls. deep carmine-red to nearly purple, in short axillary clusters, the corolla much exceeding the yellow-green calyx, the standard very small. H.H. 1866:413.—An attractive free-flowering species.
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