Brachypterum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Millettieae
Genus: Brachypterum
Species: B. cumingii – B. eriocarpum – B. involutum – B. koolgibberah – B. microphyllum – B. philippinense – B. pseudinvolutum – B. pseudorobustum – B. robustum – B. scandens – B. submontanum – B. thorelii
Name

Brachypterum (Wight & Arn.) Benth., Commentat. Legum. Gen. 37. (1837) nom. cons. against Solori Adans. (1763)

Type species: Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Benth. (1837)

Synonyms

Basionym
Dalbergia subg. Brachypterum Wight & Arn.
Heterotypic
Solori Adans., Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 327 (1763), nom. rej.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Continental: Australasia
Australia
Queensland
Introduced into:
Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Bentham, G., 1838. Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus 37.

Additional references

Sirichamorn, Y. & Adema, F.F. 2020. Four new combinations in the legume genus Brachypterum. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 48(1): 57-60. PDF

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brachypterum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. 4. Published online. Accessed: Mar 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Brachypterum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

Brachypterum is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes eleven species, which range from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and eastern Australia.[1]
Species

11 species are currently accepted:[1]

Brachypterum cumingii (Benth.) Adema & Sirich. – Philippines
Brachypterum eriocarpum (F.C.How) Adema & Sirich. – eastern Assam to Myanmar, southern China, Laos, and Vietnam
Brachypterum involutum (Sprague) Adema & Sirich. – Queensland and northeastern New South Wales
Brachypterum koolgibberah (F.M.Bailey) Adema & Sirich. – New Guinea and Queensland (Cook region)
Brachypterum microphyllum Miq. – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
Brachypterum philippinense (Merr.) Adema & Sirich. – Philippines
Brachypterum pseudinvolutum (Verdc.) Adema & Sirich. – New Guinea
Brachypterum robustum (Roxb. ex DC.) Dalzell & A.Gibson – India, Indochina, southern China, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Miq. – India, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland, and New South Wales
Brachypterum submontanum (Verdc.) Adema & Sirich. – eastern New Guinea
Brachypterum thorelii (Gagnep.) Adema & Sirich. – Laos and northern and northeastern Thailand

References

Brachypterum (Wight & Arn.) Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 July 2023.