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Brillantaisia

Daniel, Thomas F.

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Brillantaisia

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Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods. They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyAcanthaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
116
With media
113
Family
Acanthaceae
Collections
MO, CAS
Recorded in
Tanzania, United States, Madagascar, Guinea, Sao Tome And Principe, Mozambique, Malawi, Cameroon
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ruellieae
Image
Bluete Brillantaisia nyanzarum.jpg
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taxon name
Brillantaisia
taxon rank
genus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1714
topic's main category
Category:Brillantaisia
Commons category
Brillantaisia
taxon common name
逐马蓝属
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Brillantaisia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to the African tropics and subtropics, including Madagascar. They may grow from 20 cm to 2 m in height. Their hirsute stems are square in cross-section and their heart-shaped leaves have an opposite arrangement. Their purple or white pea-like flowers produce long, cigar-shaped seed pods. They reproduce easily from seeds or vegetatively. One species, B. lamium, is invasive in Queensland.

==Species== 14 species are accepted. Brillantaisia cicatricosa Lindau Brillantaisia debilis Burkill Brillantaisia fulva Lindau Brillantaisia grottanellii Pic.Serm. Brillantaisia lamium (Nees) Benth. Brillantaisia lancifolia Lindau Brillantaisia madagascariensis T.Anderson ex Lindau Brillantaisia oligantha Milne-Redh. Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv. Brillantaisia pubescens T.Anderson ex Oliv. Brillantaisia richardsiae Vollesen Brillantaisia riparia (Vollesen & Brummitt) Sidwell Brillantaisia stenopteris Sidwell Brillantaisia vogeliana Benth.

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