Bremeria
Encyclopedia
Bremeria is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. It was described in 2005 to accommodate all the Indian Ocean species formerly placed in Mussaenda, except the widespread Mussaenda arcuata. The genus is indigenous to Madagascar
and the Mascarenes and is found in humid to subhumid evergreen forests.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. It was described in 2005 to accommodate all the Indian Ocean species formerly placed in Mussaenda, except the widespread Mussaenda arcuata. The genus is indigenous to Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and the Mascarenes and is found in humid to subhumid evergreen forests.
Species
- Bremeria arachnocarpa (Wernham) A.P.Davis & Razafim.
- Bremeria decaryi (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria erectiloba (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria eriantha (A.Rich.Achille RichardAchille Richard was a French botanist and physician .He was son of a notable botanist, Louis-Claude Marie Richard .Pharmacist in the French fleet and member of several well-known societies of their time....
) A.P.Davis & Razafim. - Bremeria fuscopilosa (BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
) Razafim. & Alejandro - Bremeria humblotii (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria hymenopogonoides (BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
) Razafim. & Alejandro - Bremeria landia (Poir.) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria latisepala (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria monantha (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria perrieri (Homolle) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria pervillei (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria pilosa (BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
) Razafim. & Alejandro - Bremeria punctata (Drake) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria scabrella (Wernham) A.P.Davis & Razafim.
- Bremeria scabridior (Wernham) Razafim. & Alejandro
- Bremeria trichophlebia (BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
) Razafim. & Alejandro - Bremeria vestita (BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
) Razafim. & Alejandro