Brenania

Brenania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Brenania; Keay
Type species
	Brenania spathulifolia; (R.D.Good) Keay

Brenania is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is found from Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, and D.R.Congo. The genus was described in 1958 and contained only the type species Brenania spathulifolia (now considered a synonym of B. brieyi, although per ICN B. spathulifolia retains its status as type).^[1]^[2]

Species

Brenania brieyi (De Wild.) E.M.A.Petit - Nigeria, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, D.R.Congo
Brenania rhomboideifolia E.M.A.Petit - D.R.Congo

↑ Ronald William John Keay. 1958. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 28: 26.
↑ "Brenania in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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