Brackenridgea
Brackenridgea is a plant genus of about 10 species in the family Ochnaceae. The genus is named for the British-American botanist William Dunlop Brackenridge.Description
Brackenridgea species grow as small to medium-sized trees. The flowers are white or yellow. The fruits are drupes and are greenish, ripening black.Brackenridgea species grow naturally in tropical east Africa, Madagascar and Malesia.Species
The Plant List recognises about 13 accepted taxa :
- Brackenridgea alboserrata
- Brackenridgea arenaria
- Brackenridgea elegantissima
- Brackenridgea fascicularis
- * subsp. mindanaensis
- Brackenridgea forbesii
- Brackenridgea hookeri
- Brackenridgea madecassa
- Brackenridgea nitida
- * subsp. australiana
- Brackenridgea palustris
- * subsp. foxworthyi
- Brackenridgea tetramera
- Brackenridgea zanguebarica
