Genus: Brownleea
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> Family: Orchidaceae
Seven species (Africa and Madagascar), all of
which are
native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Publications
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Linder, H.P. 1981. Taxonomic studies on the Disinae:
I. A revision of the genus Brownleea Lindl. Journal of
South African Botany 47: 13–48.
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Linder, H.P. 1985. Notes on the orchids of southern
tropical Africa. I. Brownleea and Herschelia. Kew
Bulletin 40: 125–129.
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Linder, H.P. 1995. Disa, Brownleea, Herschelianthe,
Monadenia. Flora zambesiaca 11: 159–199.
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Linder, H.P. & Kurzweil, H. 1996. Ontogeny and
phylogeny in Brownleea (Orchidaceae). Nordic Journal
of Botany 16: 345–357.
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