Biology:Brillantaisia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Brillantaisia
Bluete Brillantaisia nyanzarum.jpg
Brillantaisia owariensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Genus: Brillantaisia
P.Beauv. (1818)
Synonyms[1]
  • Belantheria Nees (1847)
  • Leucorhaphis Nees (1847)
  • Ruelliola Baill. (1890)

Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar.[2] They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods.[3] They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.[3]

Species

14 species are accepted.[1]

  • Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau
  • Brillantaisia debilis Burkill
  • Brillantaisia fulva Lindau
  • Brillantaisia grottanellii Pic.Serm.
  • Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth.
  • Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau
  • Brillantaisia madagascariensis T.Anderson ex Lindau
  • Brillantaisia oligantha Milne-Redh.
  • Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv.
  • Brillantaisia pubescens T.Anderson ex Oliv.
  • Brillantaisia richardsiae Vollesen
  • Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell
  • Brillantaisia stenopteris Sidwell
  • Brillantaisia vogeliana Benth.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2208353 entry