Brachystegia

Brachystegia is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.

Brachystegia
Brachystegia tamarindoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Brachystegia Benth.
Species
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Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezian region is the centre of diversity for the genus.

Description

Hybridisation between the species occurs and taxa show considerable variation in leaflet size, shape and number, making identification difficult.

New leaves show a great range of red colours when immature, later turning to various shades of green.

Species

• Brachystegia allenii
• Brachystegia angustistipulata
• Brachystegia bakeriana
• Brachystegia bequaertii
• Brachystegia boehmii
• Brachystegia bussei
• Brachystegia cynometroides
• Brachystegia eurycoma
• Brachystegia floribunda
• Brachystegia glaberrima
• Brachystegia glaucescens
• Brachystegia gossweileri
• Brachystegia kalongensis
• Brachystegia kennedyi
• Brachystegia laurentii
• Brachystegia leonensis
• Brachystegia longifolia
• Brachystegia luishiensis
• Brachystegia lujae
• Brachystegia manga
• Brachystegia microphylla
• Brachystegia mildbraedii
• Brachystegia nigerica
• Brachystegia puberula
• Brachystegia russelliae
• Brachystegia spiciformis
• Brachystegia stipulata
• Brachystegia subfalcato
• Brachystegia tamarindoides
• Brachystegia taxifolia
• Brachystegia torrei
• Brachystegia utilis
• Brachystegia wangermeeana
• Brachystegia zenkeri

See also

• Miombo woodlands

External links

• Media related to Brachystegia at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Brachystegia at Wikispecies