Brya

<i>Brya</i>

Brya

Genus of legumes

Brya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs or small spreading trees native to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean.[3] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.[4][5] Species include Brya ebenus, a valuable timber tree.

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Typical habitats include seasonally dry tropical forest and shrubland.[3]

Species

Seven species are accepted:[3]

  • Brya buxifolia (Murray) Urb. – eastern Cuba and Hispaniola
  • Brya chrysogonii León & Alain – southeastern Cuba
  • Brya depressa Borhidi & A.Barreto – Cuba
  • Brya ebenus (L.) DC. – Cuba
  • Brya hirsuta Borhidi – Cuba
  • Brya microphylla Bisse – Cuba
  • Brya subinermis León & Alain – Cuba (Sierra de Moa)

References

  1. [1]
    "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Brya". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. [2]
    USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Brya". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Brya P.Browne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot. 88 (3): 503–33. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
  5. [5]
    Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot. 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.

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