Bremeria

Bremeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Eudicots
clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Mussaendeae
Genus: Bremeria
Razafim. & Alejandro

Bremeria is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It was described in 2005 to accommodate all the Indian Ocean species formerly placed in Mussaenda, except the widespread Mussaenda arcuata.[1] The genus is indigenous to Madagascar and the Mascarenes and is found in humid to subhumid evergreen forests.[2]

Species

  • Bremeria arachnocarpa (Wernham) A.P.Davis & Razafim.
  • Bremeria decaryi (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria erectiloba (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria eriantha (A.Rich.) A.P.Davis & Razafim.
  • Bremeria fuscopilosa (Baker) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria humblotii (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria hymenopogonoides (Baker) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria landia (Poir.) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria latisepala (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria monantha (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria perrieri (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria pervillei (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria pilosa (Baker) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria punctata (Drake) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria scabrella (Wernham) A.P.Davis & Razafim.
  • Bremeria scabridior (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria trichophlebia (Baker) Razafim. & Alejandro
  • Bremeria vestita (Baker) Razafim. & Alejandro

References

  1. ^ Davis AP, Razafimandimbison SG, Andriambololonera S (2011). "Nomenclatural changes in the genus Bremeria (Rubiaceae)". Blumea 56: 4–5. 
  2. ^ Alejandro GD, Razafimandimbison SG, Liede-Schumann S (2005). "Polyphyly of Mussaenda inferred from ITS and trnT-F data and its implication for generic limits in Mussaendeae (Rubiaceae)". American Journal of Botany 92: 544–557. 

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