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Taxon

Brownea coccinea Jacq.

Protologue Enum. Syst. Pl. 26. 1760 [Aug-Sep 1760]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
All2subsp. capitella1
Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 158.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 158.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 159.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 159.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 150.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 150.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 153.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 153.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 161.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 157.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 149.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 149.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 151.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 151.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 162.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 152.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 152.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 156.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 156.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 154.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 154.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 155.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 155.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 160.jpg

Brownea coccinea, H19971174B--Singapore Botanic Garden. 8-9 Mch 08. 160.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 215.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 215.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 217.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 217.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 208.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 208.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 216.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 216.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 220.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 220.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 221.jpg

Brownea coccinea ssp. capitella--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 221.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Bangladesh, DR Congo, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Brownea coccinea

subsp. capitella

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

H19971174B

March 9, 2008

Location

Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens)

Location Remarks

Address is 1 Cluny Road, where the Visitor Center is; the garden stretches between Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road (100 Cluny Park Road).

Collectors

No collectors specified

Garden no. 82182 O

April 7, 2003

Identified as

Brownea coccinea subsp. capitella

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Brownea

Specific Epithet

coccinea

Authorship

Jacq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#104,998 of 335,497

Top 32%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →