Brandella

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Brandella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Brandella
R.R.Mill (1986)
Species:
Brandella
Binomial name
Brandella
(Brand) R.R.Mill (1986)
Synonyms [1]
  • Adelocaryum erythraeumBrand (1921)
  • Adelocaryum erythraeum f. subexalatumRiedl (1992)
  • Brandella erythraea f. subexalata(Riedl) R.R.Mill (2010)
  • Cynoglossum erythraeum(Brand) Riedl (1971)
  • Paracaryum erythraeumSchweinf. ex Brand (1921), pro syn.

Brandizzo Brandella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torasso. [2]

It contains a single species, Brandella erythraea, an annual or perennial native to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia in northeastern tropical Africa and Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Peninsula, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands. [1]

The species was first described as Adelocaryum erythraeum by August Brand in 1921. In 1986 it was placed in its own genus as Brandella erythraea. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brandella erythraea (Brand) R.R.Mill | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. "Brandella R.R.Mill | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.