''Brandisia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ...
.
[McNeal, J. R. et al. 2013. Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae. Am. J. Bot. 100:971-983]
Species
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Brandisia annamitica''
Bonati
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Brandisia cauliflora''
P.C.Tsoong & L.T.Lu
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Brandisia chevalieri''
Bonati
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Brandisia discolor''
Hook.f. & Thomson
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Brandisia glabrescens''
Rehder
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Brandisia hancei''
Hook.f.
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Brandisia kwangsiensis''
H.L.Li
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Brandisia racemosa''
Hemsl.
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Brandisia rosea''
W.W.Sm.
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Brandisia scandens''
Bonati
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Brandisia swinglei''
Merr.
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Brandisia pubiflora''
Benth.: synonym of ''
Alternanthera pubiflora
''Alternanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas,Sánchez-Del Pino, I., et al. (2012)Molecular phylogenetics of ''Alternanthera'' (Gomphren ...
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(Benth.) Kuntze
References
External links
* http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Paulowniaceae/Brandisia/
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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