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, 2nd 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.
• 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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