Brunellia

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Brunellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Brunelliaceae
Engl.[1]
Genus: Brunellia

Brunellia is a genus of trees in the family Brunelliaceae. It consists of 62[2] species which grow in the mountainous regions from southern Mexico to Bolivia. There are 10 species in Ecuador, all but one of which occur in the Andean woodlands.[2]

Classification

Brunellia contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, retrieved 2010-12-10 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "1. Brunellia Ruiz & Pavón". Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador (in Spanish). 


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