Brachytome Explained

Brachytome is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871.^[1] It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia.

Species

• Brachytome hainanensis C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam
• Brachytome hirtella Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam
• Brachytome kachinensis Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma)
• Brachytome pitardii Tirveng. - Vietnam
• Brachytome russellii Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma)
  • • Brachytome scortechinii King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia Brachytome wallichiii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam Brachytome wardii C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma)

External links

• Brachytome in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
• Brachytome wallichii picture

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16044908#page/72/mode/1up Joseph Dalton Hooker. 1871. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: 70, pl. 1088, Brachytome wallichii.