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Brownea
Sign in to saveBrownea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), subfamily Detarioideae. The genus includes about 22 species native to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing to 20 m tall. Species range from Honduras through southern Central America and northern South America to Peru and northern Brazil, and to Trinidad and Tobago and the Windward Islands in the Caribbean. Species are typically understorey trees or shrubs in lowland tropical rain forest.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toBrazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Observations recorded7,159
General: and Brownea groups in tribe Detarieae, and the Berlinia, Macrolobium
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 300
- With media
- 161
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- USF, UCONN, MO, F
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Brownea
- Commons category
- Brownea
- topic's main category
- Category:Brownea
- taxon common name
- 红焰豆属
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