Brandella Explained

Brandella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.[1]

It contains a single species, Brandella erythraea, an annual or perennial native to Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia in northeastern tropical Africa and Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Peninsula, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

The species was first described as Adelocaryum erythraeum by August Brand in 1921. In 1986 it was placed in its own genus as Brandella erythraea.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brandella R.R.Mill Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 March 2021 . en.