Genus: Brownanthus Schwantes

Sometimes included in: Mesembryanthemum L.

Also sometimes placed in: Mesembryanthemaceae

No Species Records exist for this genus in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Hartmann, H. E. K. 1991. Mesembryanthema. Contr. Bolus Herb. 13:128. [accepts].
  
• Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. & V. Bittrich. 1985. Morpholgie, Gliederung und Abgrenzung der Gattung Psilocaulon N.E. Br. s.l. (Mesembryanthemaceae). Mesembryanthemaceae: Studien 1. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 105:289–322. [accepts].
  
• Klak, C. et al. 2006. Phylogeny and revision of Brownanthus and its close allies Aspazoma and Dactylopsis (Aizoaceae) based on morphology and four DNA regions. Kew Bull. 61:353–400. [accepts].
  
• Klak, C. et al. 2007. A phylogeny and new classification for Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae). Taxon 56:737–756. [= Mesembryanthemum L.].
  
• Liede-Schumann, S. & H. E. K. Hartmann. 2008. Mesembryanthemum—back to the roots? Taxon 58:345–346. [argue for retaining this genus until more and better data are available].
  

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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (=~) Pseudobrownanthus Ihlenf. & Bittrich

Check other nomenclature databases for Brownanthus:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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