Biology:Brachypterum

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Short description: Genus of plants

Brachypterum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Brachypterum
(Wight & Arn.) Benth. (1837), nom. cons.
Synonyms[1]

Solori Adans. (1763), nom. rej.

Brachypterum is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes eleven species, which range from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and eastern Australia.[1]

Species

11 species are currently accepted:[1]

  • Brachypterum cumingii (Benth.) Adema & Sirich. – Philippines
  • Brachypterum eriocarpum (F.C.How) Adema & Sirich. – eastern Assam to Myanmar, southern China, Laos, and Vietnam
  • Brachypterum involutum (Sprague) Adema & Sirich. – Queensland and northeastern New South Wales
  • Brachypterum koolgibberah (F.M.Bailey) Adema & Sirich. – New Guinea and Queensland (Cook region)
  • Brachypterum microphyllum Miq. – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
  • Brachypterum philippinense (Merr.) Adema & Sirich. – Philippines
  • Brachypterum pseudinvolutum (Verdc.) Adema & Sirich. – New Guinea
  • Brachypterum robustum (Roxb. ex DC.) Dalzell & A.Gibson – India, Indochina, southern China, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
  • Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Miq. – India, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland, and New South Wales
  • Brachypterum submontanum (Verdc.) Adema & Sirich. – eastern New Guinea
  • Brachypterum thorelii (Gagnep.) Adema & Sirich. – Laos and northern and northeastern Thailand

References

Wikidata ☰ Q87145246 entry