5114.000 Brackenridgea A. Gray

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or subshrubs, glabrous. Bark with yellow pigment present beneath. Stipules laciniate or deeply divided into linear segments, markedly longitudinally striate, persistent on first year shoots. Leaves petiolate; midrib raised on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces; venation with characteristic ascending primary laterals linked by secondary laterals.

Worldwide: 6-7 species in the Old World tropics

Brackenridgea zanguebarica

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Other sources of information about Brackenridgea:

Flora of Mozambique: Brackenridgea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Brackenridgea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Brackenridgea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Brackenridgea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Brackenridgea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Brackenridgea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Brackenridgea.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=958, retrieved 24 May 2013

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