Bronwenia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Bronwenia
Species: B. acapulcensis – B. brevipedicellata – B. cinerascens – B. cornifolia – B. ferruginea – B. llanensis – B. longipilifera – B. maracaybensis – B. mathiasiae – B. megaptera – B. peckoltii – B. standleyi – B. wurdackii

Name

Bronwenia W.R.Anderson & C.Davis, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 25: 138 (2007).

• Type species: Bronwenia ferruginea (Cav.) W.R.Anderson & C.Davis, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 25: 143 (2007)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Banisteria sect. Monoctenia Nied., Banisteria 1 (Index Lectionum in Lyceo Regio Hosiano Brunsbergensi): 4 (1900)
    • Type species: Banisteria maracaybensis A.Juss. [≡ Bronwenia maracaybensis (A.Juss.) R.F.Almeida & M.Pell.; lectotype designated by Gates 1982: 41]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central (México State), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco). Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central (?Brasília Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso), Brazil Northeast (?Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, ?Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Rondônia, Tocantins), Brazil South (Paraná). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Anderson, W.R. & Davis, C.C. 2007. Generic adjustments in neotropical Malpighiaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 25: 137–166. PDF. BHL. Reference page. 
• Niedenzu, F. 1900–1901. De genre Banisteria, parts 1 & 2. Index Lectionum in Lyceo Regio Hosiano Brunsbergensi (Verzeichnis der Vorlesungen an der Staatlichen Akademie zu Braunsberg 1900/01). Online. PDF (pars prior), PDF (pars posterior). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gates, B. 1982. Banisteriopsis, Diplopterys (Malpighiaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 30: 1–237. JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.  [see p. 788]
• Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J. & Zanotti, C.A. 2019. Actualización del Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Darwiniana Nueva Serie, 7(2): 208–278. DOI: 10.14522/darwiniana.2019.72.861 . Appendix 1 (PDF) Catalogue on BHL. Reference page.  [see App. I, p. 585 (as Banisteriopsis ferruginea (Cav.) B.Gates)]

Links

• Almeida, R.F. 2026. Bronwenia. In Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 4 January 2026.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Bronwenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Bronwenia. Published online. Accessed: 4 January 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Bronwenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 January 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Bronwenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 22.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bronwenia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page.