Brownea

Brownea subsp. var.
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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.

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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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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