Biology:Brachystelma
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Short description: Genus of plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Ceropegieae |
| Genus: | Brachystelma R.Br. |
The genus Brachystelma is represented by over a hundred species in the world,[1] chiefly distributed in South Africa, South-East Asia and Australasia.[2] In India, 17 species are known to occur,[3] of which nine are endemic.
Species
The genus contains some 154 species,[4] including:
- Brachystelma parviflorum (Wight) Hook.f.[5][6]
- Brachystelma attenuatum (Wight) Hook.f.[7][8]
- Brachystelma natalense (Schltr.) N.E.Br.
- Brachystelma schinzii (K.Schum.) N.E.Br.
- Brachystelma schultzei (Schltr.) Bruyns
- Brachystelma tumakurense Gundappa, Sringesw., Vishwan. & Venu
- Brachystelma vahrmeijeri (Schltr.) Bruyns
- Brachystelma seshachalamense[9]
References
- ↑ Dyer, 1980; Meve, 2002; Mabberley, 2008; Bruyns, 2009
- ↑ Forster, 1996
- ↑ Karthikeyan et al., 2009
- ↑ "Brachystelma". The Plant List. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Apocynaceae/Brachystelma/.
- ↑ "Brachystelma parviflorum (Wight) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker 4(10): 65 (1883)"]. https://www.ipni.org/n/95104-1.
- ↑ Srivastava, Amber; Chauhan, Nishant (2021). "Rediscovery of Brachystelma parviflorum after 186 years". Oryx 55 (3): 329. doi:10.1017/S0030605321000119.
- ↑ "Brachystelma attenuatum (Wight) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker 4(10): 65 (1883)"]. https://www.ipni.org/n/94999-1.
- ↑ Srivastava, Amber; Chauhan, Nishant (2022). "Rediscovery of Brachystelma attenuatum after 188 years". Oryx 56 (4): 489. doi:10.1017/S0030605322000473.
- ↑ "Tirupati hills lend name to plant species". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tirupati-hills-lend-name-to-plant-species/articleshow/56432958.cms.
Wikidata ☰ Q146178 entry
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