Brunia (plant)


Brunia is a genus of shrubs of the family Bruniaceae, native to the cape region of South Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Carl Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 1: 199 in the year 1753. The type species is Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius, Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 56.
The name Brunia is thought to have been derived from the apothecary, Dr Cornelis Brun, who travelled in Russia and the Levant, although it could also be in commemoration of Dr Alexander Brown, a ship's surgeon and a collector who worked in the East Indies around 1690.

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online;
The genus is accepted by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they only accept Brunia albiflora, Brunia lanuginosa,''Brunia nodiflora, Brunia noduliflora, Brunia paleacea and Brunia stokoei. Kew accepts the above species except Brunia nodiflora''.