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Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella (Jacq.)D.Velasquez & Agostini

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Brownea Jacq.

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella (Jacq.)D.Velasquez & Agostini [Preferred name]
    Brownea capitella Jacq. {Synonym}
    Brownea latifolia Jacq. {Synonym}
    Brownea racemosa Jacq. {Synonym}
    Hermesias capitella (Jacq.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Hermesias latifolia (Jacq.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Hermesias racemosa (Jacq.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cooper Hoop [106]; Mountain Rose [106]; Rose Of Venezuela [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]
  Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago (N) [106, 2244]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  South America
Brazil (N) [2244]; Roraima [2244]; Guyana (N) [2244]; Venezuela (N) [106, 1697, 2244]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 1941, 2244, 2344, 2345] ; Distribution Map [2344] ; Illustration [2344, 2345]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree [1941] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1941] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [106, 1941]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated plants are considered hybrids. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1697.

  Velasquez, D., 1981
    Thesis-Univ. Central de Venezuela 50 pp. Rev. Brownea Jacq.

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

2244.

  Vel squez, D., 1992
    Novon 2(2):173-175 Recognition of Brownea Coccinea...

2344.

  Quinones, L.M., 1988
    Rev.de las Sp. Colombianas de Brownea

2345.

  Velasquez, D. & Agostini, G., 1981
    Revision Sp. Venez. del genero Brownea. Tesis de Grado
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