''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist

William Dunlop Brackenridge William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810–1893) was a British-American nurseryman and botanist. Brackenridge emigrated to Philadelphia in 1837, where he was employed by Robert Buist, nurseryman. He was appointed horticulturalist, then assistant botan ...

Description

''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The flowers are white or yellow. The fruits are drupes (pitted) and are greenish, ripening black.

Distribution and habitat

''Brackenridgea'' species grow naturally in tropical east Africa, Madagascar and Malesia.

Species

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Brackenridgea alboserrata ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The f ...

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Brackenridgea arenaria ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The flow ...

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Brackenridgea elegantissima ''Brackenridgea elegantissima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is a tree native to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions req ...

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Brackenridgea fascicularis ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The f ...

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Brackenridgea forbesii ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The f ...

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Brackenridgea hookeri ''Brackenridgea elegantissima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is a tree native to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions req ...

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Brackenridgea madecassa ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The f ...

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Brackenridgea nitida ''Brackenridgea nitida'' is a species of flowering plant in family Ochnaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Fiji and Queensland. Two subspecies are accepted: *''Brackenridgea nitida'' subsp. ''australiana'' (synonyms ''Brackenridgea austra ...

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Brackenridgea palustris ''Brackenridgea palustris'' is a tree in the family Ochnaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning "swampy", referring to the species' habitat. Description ''Brackenridgea palustris'' grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up ...

'' ** subsp. ''foxworthyi'' * ''

Brackenridgea tetramera ''Brackenridgea'' is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge. Description ''Brackenridgea'' species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The f ...

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Brackenridgea zanguebarica ''Brackenridgea zanguebarica'', the yellow peeling plane, is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is native to the southeastern Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa ...

References

Ochnaceae Malpighiales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Malpighiales-stub