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Brya
Sign in to saveBrya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs or small spreading trees native to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include Brya ebenus, a valuable timber tree.
Species
Eastern Fox Squirrel
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: and Dalbergia clades. The neotropical genera Brya and Cranocarpus were Use: Brya ebenus DC. (cocuswood, Jamaican or West Indian ebony
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- YPM, MNHN, VT
- Recorded in
- Cuba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dalbergieae
- Image
- Brya ebenus01.jpg
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- taxon name
- Brya
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Brya
- taxon common name
- coccuswood
- Commons category
- Brya
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Brya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs or small spreading trees native to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include Brya ebenus, a valuable timber tree.
Typical habitats include seasonally dry tropical forest and shrubland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.