Bridelia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 978-979 in LatinTropicosDressler, S. 1996. Proposal to conserve the name Bridelia (Euphorbiaceae) with a conserved spelling. Taxon 45: 337–338 It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 174 土蜜树属 tu mi shu shu Bridelia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 978. 1806.
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.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
Bridelia adusta – Sarawak, Sabah Bridelia affinis – Yunnan, Hainan, Thailand Bridelia assamica – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh Bridelia atroviridis – tropical Africa Bridelia balansae – Nansei-shoto, S China, Indochina, Taiwan Bridelia brideliifolia – E + C + SE Africa Bridelia cathartica – C + S Africa Bridelia cinnamomea – Andaman Is, S Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia Bridelia curtisii – Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Sumatra Bridelia duvigneaudii – C Africa Bridelia eranalis – Zaïre Bridelia erapensis – Papua New Guinea Bridelia exaltata – Queensland, New South Wales Bridelia ferruginea – tropical Africa Bridelia finalis – Queensland Bridelia fordii Hemsl. – S China to Hainan Bridelia glauca – S + SE + E Asia, Papuasia Bridelia grandis – W + C Africa Bridelia harmandii – Indochina Bridelia insulana – SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Micronesia Bridelia leichhardtii – Queensland Bridelia macrocarpa – Maluku, New Guinea Bridelia micrantha – tropical – S Africa, Réunion Bridelia microphylla – Somalia Bridelia mollis – southern Africa Bridelia montana – India Bridelia moonii – Sri Lanka Bridelia ndellensis – C Africa Bridelia nicobarica – Nicobar Islands Bridelia oligantha – Papua New Guinea Bridelia ovata Decne. – Indo-China to W. Malesia Bridelia parvifolia – Hainan, Vietnam Bridelia pervilleana – Madagascar Bridelia pustulata – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines Bridelia retusa – S China, S + SE Asia Bridelia rhomboidalis – Madagascar Bridelia ripicola – C Africa Bridelia scleroneura – Yemen, tropical Africa Bridelia sikkimensis – Himalayas Bridelia somalensis – Somalia Bridelia speciosa – W Africa Bridelia stipularis – S + E + SE Asia Bridelia taitensis – Kenya Bridelia tenuifolia – Angola, Namibia Bridelia tomentosa – S + E + SE Asia, New Guinea, Australia Bridelia triplocarya – Papua New Guinea Bridelia tulasneana – Madagascar Bridelia verrucosa – NE India, Himalayas Bridelia whitmorei – Pahang Bridelia wilksii – Gabon
Formerly included Moved to other genera (Aporosa, Cleistanthus, Damnacanthus, Phyllanthus, Scleropyrum).Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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