Genus of flowering plants
Bridelia plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.[3] [4] [5] Africa , Australia , southern Asia , and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans .[2] [6] [7]
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 .[3]
Species
As of February 2023[update] Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[8]
Bridelia adusta – Sarawak , Sabah Bridelia affinis – Yunnan , Hainan , ThailandBridelia assamica – Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bangladesh Bridelia atroviridis – tropical AfricaBridelia balansae – Nansei-shoto , S China, Indochina, Taiwan Bridelia 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 Bridelia ferruginea – tropical AfricaBridelia finalis – QueenslandBridelia fordii Hemsl. – S China to HainanBridelia glauca – S + SE + E Asia, Papuasia Bridelia grandis Bridelia harmandii – IndochinaBridelia insulana – SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, MicronesiaBridelia leichhardtii – QueenslandBridelia macrocarpa – Maluku , New GuineaBridelia micrantha Réunion Bridelia microphylla – SomaliaBridelia mollis Bridelia montana – IndiaBridelia moonii Bridelia ndellensis – C AfricaBridelia nicobarica – Nicobar Islands Bridelia oligantha – Papua New GuineaBridelia ovata Decne. – Indo-China to W. MalesiaBridelia parvifolia – Hainan , VietnamBridelia pervilleana – MadagascarBridelia pustulata – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, PhilippinesBridelia retusa Bridelia rhomboidalis – MadagascarBridelia ripicola – C AfricaBridelia scleroneura – Yemen, tropical AfricaBridelia sikkimensis – HimalayasBridelia somalensis – SomaliaBridelia speciosa Bridelia stipularis Bridelia taitensis – KenyaBridelia tenuifolia Bridelia tomentosa – S + E + SE Asia, New Guinea, AustraliaBridelia triplocarya – Papua New GuineaBridelia tulasneana – MadagascarBridelia verrucosa – NE India, HimalayasBridelia whitmorei Pahang Bridelia wilksii – Gabon
Formerly included
Moved to other genera (Aporosa Cleistanthus Damnacanthus Phyllanthus Scleropyrum [2]
B. acuminata - Phyllanthus triandrus B. attenuata - Cleistanthus oblongifolius B. buxifolia - Cleistanthus stipitatus B. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius B. collina - Cleistanthus collinus B. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius B. heterantha - Phyllanthus glomerulatus B. horrida - Scleropyrum pentandrum [9] B. laurina - Cleistanthus stipitatus B. loureiroi - Cleistanthus monoicus B. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus B. oblongifolius - Cleistanthus oblongifolius B. patula - Cleistanthus patulus B. polystachya - Cleistanthus polystachyus B. rufa - Cleistanthus rufus B. rugosa - Aporosa lunata B. sinica - Phyllanthus hohenackeri B. spinosa DC. 1833 not (Roxb.) Willd. 1806 - Damnacanthus indicus B. stipitata - Cleistanthus stipitatus B. stipularis Hook. & Arn. 1837 not (L.) Blume 1826 - Cleistanthus stipularis
