Brownea
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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
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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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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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