Biology:Bryanthus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Bryanthus
plant with small green leaves and white flowers
Bryanthus gmelinii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Ericoideae
Tribe: Bryantheae
Genus: Bryanthus
S.G.Gmel.[2]
Species:
B. musciformis
Binomial name
Bryanthus musciformis
(Poir.) Nakai[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Erica bryantha Andromeda musciformis
  • Poir. L.
  • Thunb. Menziesia bryantha
  • Bryanthus gmelinii (L.) Sw.
  • Andromeda bryantha D.Don

Bryanthus is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, with the sole species Bryanthus musciformis, native to Japan , Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. [2] The genus was created in 1769.[3] In 2012, the new tribe Bryantheae was proposed based on genetic analysis, containing the genera Bryanthus and Ledothamnus.[4]

Former species

Species that have been placed in Bryanthus include:

  • Bryanthus aleuticus (Spreng.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce aleutica
  • Bryanthus empetriformis (Sm.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce empetriformis
  • Bryanthus × erectus Lindl. & Paxt., synonym of × Phyllothamnus erectus
  • Bryanthus glanduliflorus (Hook.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce glanduliflora
  • Bryanthus intermedius (Hook.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce × intermedia

References

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