Brownleea | |
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Brownleea caerulea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Orchideae |
Subtribe: | Brownleeinae |
Genus: | Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. |
Brownleea is a genus of flowering plants from the family Orchidaceae native to Africa and Madagascar.[1] Eight species are known.
In a classification of orchids that was published in 2015, the genera Brownleea and Disperis constituted the subtribe Brownleeinae of the tribe Orchideae.[2] A sister relationship between Brownleea and Disperis received only weak statistical support in a 2009 study.[3] In Genera Orchidacearum, the subtribe Brownleeinae was placed in the tribe Diseae,[4] but this tribe is no longer recognized because it has been shown to be paraphyletic over the tribe Orchideae.