Brongniartia Explained

Brongniartia is a genus of leguminous plants in family Fabaceae. It includes 63 species native to Mexico and Texas and to Bolivia. The genus was first named by Kunth^{[1] [2]} after the French botanist Adolphe Brongniart.

Species

Brongniartia comprises the following species:^{[3] [4]}

• Brongniartia abbottiae I.M. Johnst.
• Brongniartia alamosana Rydb.

• Brongniartia argentea Rydb.
• Brongniartia argyrophylla McVaugh

• Brongniartia caeciliae Harms
• Brongniartia canescens (S. Watson) Rydb.
• Brongniartia cordata McVaugh
• Brongniartia cuneata L.B. Sm. & B.G. Schub.
• Brongniartia diffusa Rose
• Brongniartia discolor Brandegee
• Brongniartia foliolosa Hemsl.
• Brongniartia funiculata L.B. Sm. & B.G. Schub.

• Brongniartia glabrata Hook. & Arn.
• Brongniartia goldmanii Rose

• Brongniartia guerrerensis J. Jimenez Ram. & J.L. Contr.
• Brongniartia hirsuta Rydb.
• Brongniartia imitator McVaugh
• Brongniartia inconstans S. Watson
• Brongniartia intermedia Moric.

• Brongniartia luisana Brandegee
• Brongniartia lunata Rose
• Brongniartia lupinoides (Kunth) Taub.
• Brongniartia magnibracteata Schltdl.
• Brongniartia minima McVaugh
• Brongniartia minutifolia S. Watson
• Brongniartia mollicula Brandegee
• Brongniartia mollis Kunth
• Brongniartia mortonii McVaugh
• Brongniartia norrisii McVaugh
• Brongniartia nudiflora S. Watson

• Brongniartia oligosperma Baill.

• Brongniartia pacifica McVaugh

• Brongniartia paniculata Rydb.

• Brongniartia parvifolia Rose
• Brongniartia pauciflora Rydb.
• Brongniartia peninsularis Rose
• Brongniartia podalyrioides Kunth
• Brongniartia pringlei Rydb.
• Brongniartia proteranthera L.B. Sm. & B.G. Schub.

• Brongniartia revoluta Rose
• Brongniartia robinioides Kunth
• Brongniartia rozynskii Standl.
• Brongniartia seleri Harms
• Brongniartia sericea Schltdl.
• Brongniartia shrevei Wiggins
• Brongniartia sousae Dorado

• Brongniartia suberea Rose
• Brongniartia tenuifolia Standl.

• Brongniartia trifoliata Brandegee
• Brongniartia ulbrichiana Harms
• Brongniartia vazquezii Dorado^[5]
• Brongniartia vicioides M. Martens & Galeotti

Notes and References

1. Kunth, in von Humboldt, F.W.H.A.; Bonpland, A.J.A.; & Kunth, C.S. (1824). Nov. Gen. Sp. 6. folio p. 364, quarto p. 465.
2. Reveal, James L. (1997). "Suprageneric names in Fabaceae Published Prior to 1870 ". The Bean Bag (45).
3. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Brongniartia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 12 February 2014 .
4. Web site: GRIN species records of Brongniartia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 12 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095750/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1728 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
5. Dorado, Oscar (1989). "Brongniartia vazquezii (Fabaceae: Faboideae), a New Species from the State of Morelos, Mexico". Systematic Botany 14 (1): 20–23.