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Bryanthus
Sign in to saveBryanthus is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, with the sole species Bryanthus musciformis, native to Japan, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. The genus was created in 1769. In 2012, the new tribe Bryantheae was proposed based on genetic analysis, containing the genera Bryanthus and Ledothamnus.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyEricaceae
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Bryanthus is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, with the sole species Bryanthus musciformis, native to Japan, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. The genus was created in 1769. In 2012, the new tribe Bryantheae was proposed based on genetic analysis, containing the genera Bryanthus and Ledothamnus.
==Former species== Species that have been placed in Bryanthus include: Bryanthus aleuticus (Spreng.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce aleutica Bryanthus empetriformis , synonym of Phyllodoce empetriformis Bryanthus × erectus , synonym of × Phyllothamnus erectus Bryanthus glanduliflorus (Hook.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce glanduliflora Bryanthus intermedius , synonym of Phyllodoce × intermedia
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