Brachycaulos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Genus: Brachycaulos
Species: B. simplicifolius

Name

Brachycaulos Dikshit & Panigrahi, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 3(1): 58. (1981)

• Type species: Brachycaulos simplicifolius Dikshit & Panigrahi, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia Sér. 4, 3(1): 58. (1981)
• monotypic taxon
  

Note: Rare monotypic genus that has never been analysed for affinity to subfamilies or tribes. Indeed it may not even be rosaceous - see Hassler (2021) who place it in Saxifragaceae. It is kept in Rosaceae as per protologue, as WS tends to be conservative.

References

• Dikshit, B.K. & Panigrahi, G. 1981. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia: Botanique Phytochemie Série 4, 3(1): 58.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brachycaulos in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Brachycaulos. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brachycaulos. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2021.