Browneopsis

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: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Browneopsis
Species: B. cauliflora – B. disepala – B. excelsa – B. macrofoliolata – B. peruviana – B. puyensis – B. sanintiae – B. ucayalina
Name

Browneopsis Huber, 1906

Type species: B. ucayalina – Huber

References
Primary references

Huber, J. E. (1906) "Materiaes para a flora amazonica." Boletim do Museo Goeldi de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 4:565–567.

Additional references

Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip A. (2010). "A New Species of Browneopsis (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Cauca Valley, Colombia". Novon 20 (2): 207–211. DOI: 10.3417/2008100.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Browneopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Browneopsis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 10 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Browneopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Sep 2020. Reference page.

Catalogue of Life: 2024 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Browneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are about 8 species of trees native to South America, ranging from Panama through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and northern Brazil.[1][2] Species typically grow in lowland tropical rain forests, including inundated and terra firme forests, and in sub-montane forests in the foothills of the Andes.[1]

Species include:

Browneopsis cauliflora (Poepp.) Huber – Colombia and Peru
Browneopsis disepala (Little) Klitg. – western Ecuador
Browneopsis excelsa Pittier – Panama, Colombia, and Peru
Browneopsis macrofoliolata Klitg. – western Ecuador
Browneopsis peruviana (J.F.Macbr.) Klitg. – Peru and northern Brazil
Browneopsis puyensis D.A.Neill & Asanza[2] – Ecuador
Browneopsis sanintiae Silverst. – Colombia
Browneopsis ucayalina Huber – Ecuador and Peru

References

Browneopsis Huber. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
Neill, D. A., & Asanza, M. (2014). Browneopsis puyensis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinoideae: Detarieae), a new species from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 8(2).