Brexia

Brexia madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Celastrales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Brexia
Species: B. alaticarpa – B. apoda – B. arborea – B. australis – B. cauliflora – B. coursiana – B. decurrens – B. humbertii – B. madagascariensis – B. marioniae – B. montana

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2019. Brexia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 29. Reference page.

Name

Brexia Noronha ex Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 20. (1806) nom. cons. against Venana Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 2: 99. (1797) nom. rej.

Type species: Brexia madagascariensis (Lam.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 9: t. 730 (1823)

Note: Govaerts et al. (2023) has a far narrower species circumscription based upon an enhanced synonymy in Brexia madagascariensis Odorico et al. (2022)

Synonyms

Venana Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 99 (1797)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania South Tropical Africa Mozambique Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lamarck, J.-B. 1794–1819 ["1793"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Tome second. 551 pp., tt. 112–445. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1806. Genera nova Madagascariensia, secundum methodum jussiaenam disposita. 29 pp. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15463. Reference page.

Additional references

Schatz, G.E., Lowry, P.P. & Porter, P. 2004. A synoptic revision of Brexia (Celastraceae) in Madagascar. Adansonia 26(1): 67-81. PDF
Odorico, D., Nicosia, E., Datizua, C., Langa, C., Raiva, R., Souane, J., Nhalungo, S., Banze, A., Caetano, B., Nhauando, V. & Ragú, H. 2022. An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61–80 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.189.75321 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Brexia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 9. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Brexia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Brexia. Published online. Accessed: September 29 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Brexia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 September 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brexia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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