Bridelia
Bridelia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806. It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Bridelia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus.
The genus Bridelia was named in the honor of Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri by the German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:Bridelia adusta – Sarawak, SabahBridelia affinis – Yunnan, Hainan, ThailandBridelia assamica – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, BangladeshBridelia atroviridis – tropical AfricaBridelia balansae – Nansei-shoto, S China, Indochina, TaiwanBridelia brideliifolia – E + C + SE AfricaBridelia cathartica – C + S AfricaBridelia cinnamomea – Andaman Is, S Thailand, Malaysia, W IndonesiaBridelia curtisii – Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, SumatraBridelia duvigneaudii – C AfricaBridelia eranalis – ZaïreBridelia erapensis – Papua New GuineaBridelia exaltata – Queensland, New South WalesBridelia ferruginea – tropical AfricaBridelia finalis – QueenslandBridelia fordii Hemsl. – S China to HainanBridelia glauca – S + SE + E Asia, PapuasiaBridelia grandis – W + C AfricaBridelia harmandii – IndochinaBridelia insulana – SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, MicronesiaBridelia leichhardtii – QueenslandBridelia macrocarpa – Maluku, New GuineaBridelia micrantha – tropical – S Africa, RéunionBridelia microphylla – SomaliaBridelia mollis – southern AfricaBridelia montana – IndiaBridelia moonii – Sri LankaBridelia ndellensis – C AfricaBridelia nicobarica – Nicobar IslandsBridelia oligantha – Papua New Guinea Bridelia ovata Decne. – Indo-China to W. MalesiaBridelia parvifolia – Hainan, VietnamBridelia pervilleana – MadagascarBridelia pustulata – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, PhilippinesBridelia retusa – S China, S + SE AsiaBridelia rhomboidalis – MadagascarBridelia ripicola – C AfricaBridelia scleroneura – Yemen, tropical AfricaBridelia sikkimensis – HimalayasBridelia somalensis – SomaliaBridelia speciosa – W AfricaBridelia stipularis – S + E + SE AsiaBridelia taitensis – KenyaBridelia tenuifolia – Angola, NamibiaBridelia tomentosa – S + E + SE Asia, New Guinea, AustraliaBridelia triplocarya – Papua New GuineaBridelia tulasneana – MadagascarBridelia verrucosa – NE India, HimalayasBridelia whitmorei – PahangBridelia wilksii – Gabon
Moved to other genera.