''Brazzeia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s in the family
Lecythidaceae
The Lecythidaceae comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia.
The most important member of the family in world trade is the B ...
. It contains the following accepted species, according to '
The Plant List' :
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''Brazzeia'' ''congoensis'' Baill.
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895.
Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...
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Brazzeia longipedicellata
''Brazzeia longipedicellata'' is a species of plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to ...
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Verdc.
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''Brazzeia'' ''soyauxii'' (Oliv.
Daniel Oliver, FRS (6 February 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne – 21 December 1916) was an English botanist.
He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at ...
) Tiegh.
References
Lecythidaceae
Ericales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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