''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.
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus '' Neocogniauxia'' of orchids is named after him.
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
''Brachyotum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 58 species native to the Andes of South America. Ulloa, C. U. (2007)''Brachyotum sertulatum'', una especie nueva de Melastomataceae de Colombia.In: ''Ana ...
''
(L.f.) Triana
* ''
Brachyotum trichocalyx''
Triana
References
External links
Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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