Bridelia

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Bridelia
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Bridelia retusa [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus: Bridelia
Willd.
Synonyms [2]

Bridelia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806. [3] [4] [5] It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [2] [6] [7]

Contents

Bridelia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus .

The genus Bridelia was named in the honor of Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri by the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow. [3]

Species

As of February 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [8]

Formerly included

Moved to other genera ( Aporosa , Cleistanthus , Damnacanthus , Phyllanthus , Scleropyrum ). [2]

  1. B. acuminata - Phyllanthus triandrus
  2. B. attenuata - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
  3. B. buxifolia - Cleistanthus stipitatus
  4. B. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
  5. B. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
  6. B. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius
  7. B. heterantha - Phyllanthus glomerulatus
  8. B. horrida - Scleropyrum pentandrum [9]
  9. B. laurina - Cleistanthus stipitatus
  10. B. loureiroi - Cleistanthus monoicus
  11. B. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus
  12. B. oblongifolius - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
  13. B. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
  14. B. polystachya - Cleistanthus polystachyus
  15. B. rufa - Cleistanthus rufus
  16. B. rugosa - Aporosa lunata
  17. B. sinica - Phyllanthus hohenackeri
  18. B. spinosa DC. 1833 not (Roxb.) Willd. 1806 - Damnacanthus indicus
  19. B. stipitata - Cleistanthus stipitatus
  20. B. stipularisHook. & Arn. 1837 not (L.) Blume 1826 - Cleistanthus stipularis
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Bridelia retusa bark
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Bridelia retusa leaves

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References

  1. 1874 illustration, tab. 55 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
  2. 1 2 3 Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 1 2 Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 978-979 in Latin
  4. Tropicos
  5. Dressler, S. 1996. Proposal to conserve the name Bridelia (Euphorbiaceae) with a conserved spelling. Taxon 45: 337–338
  6. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 174 土蜜树属 tu mi shu shu Bridelia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 978. 1806.
  8. "Bridelia Willd." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  9. The Plant List, Bridelia horrida Dillwyn