Bridelia
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| Bridelia | |
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| Bridelia retusa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Tribe: | Bridelieae |
| Genus: | Bridelia Willd. |
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Bridelia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae. This genus comprises approximately between 60 and 70 species, found from Africa, Australia and Asia.
Bridelia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus.
The genus Bridelia was named in the honor of Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri by the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow.
Synonymy
The genus is also known as:
Species
This listing is incomplete. The Australian species were drawn from the Australian Plant Name Index.[1]
- Bridelia adusta
- Bridelia balansae
- Bridelia cathartica
- Bridelia cinnamomea
- Bridelia exaltata F.Muell.[1]
- Bridelia ferruginea
- Bridelia finalis P.I.Forst.[1]
- Bridelia fordii
- Bridelia insulana Hance[1]
- Bridelia kurzii
- Bridelia leichhardtii Baill. ex Mull.Arg.[1]
- Bridelia micrantha
- Bridelia monoica
- Bridelia montana
- Bridelia moonii
- Bridelia oligantha
- Bridelia retusa
- Bridelia stipularis
- Bridelia tenuifolia
- Bridelia tomentosa Blume[1]
- Bridelia whitmorei
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Bridelia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 Nov 2013.
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