''Brachyotum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh ...
. There are about 58 species native to the
Andes
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of
South America
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.
[ Ulloa, C. U. (2007)]
''Brachyotum sertulatum'', una especie nueva de Melastomataceae de Colombia.
In: ''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' (Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 69-73).
Species include:
* ''
Brachyotum alpinum''
Cogn.
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In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic ...
* ''
Brachyotum azuayense''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum benthamianum''
Triana
* ''
Brachyotum campanulare''
(Bonpl.) Triana
* ''
Brachyotum campii''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum confertum''
(Bonpl.) Triana
* ''
Brachyotum ecuadorense''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum fictum''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum fraternum''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum gleasonii''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum gracilescens''
Triana
* ''
Brachyotum harlingii''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum incrassatum''
E.Cotton
* ''
Brachyotum jamesonii''
Triana
* ''
Brachyotum johannes-julii''
E.Cotton
* ''
Brachyotum ledifolium''
Triana
* ''
Brachyotum rotundifolium''
Cogn.
* ''
Brachyotum rugosum''
Wurdack
* ''
Brachyotum russatum''
E.Cotton
* ''
Brachyotum sertulatum''
Ulloa
* ''
Brachyotum strigosum''
(L.f.) Triana
* ''
Brachyotum trichocalyx''
Triana
References
External links
Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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