Brownleea
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| Brownleea | |
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| Brownleea caerulea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Brownleeinae |
| Genus: | Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. |
Brownleea is a genus of flowering plants from the family Orchidaceae native to Africa and Madagascar.[1] Eight species are known.
- Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl.
- Brownleea galpinii Bolus
- Brownleea graminicola McMurtry
- Brownleea macroceras Sond.
- Brownleea maculata P.J.Cribb
- Brownleea mulanjiensis H.P.Linder
- Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl.
- Brownleea recurvata Sond.
In a classification of orchids that was published in 2015, the genera Brownleea and Disperis constituted the subtribe Brownleeinae of the tribe Orchideae.[2] A sister relationship between Brownleea and Disperis received only weak statistical support in a 2009 study.[3] In Genera Orchidacearum, the subtribe Brownleeinae was placed in the tribe Diseae,[4] but this tribe is no longer recognized because it has been shown to be paraphyletic over the tribe Orchideae.
