Bridelia

Bridelia
Bridelia retusa[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Bridelieae
Subtribe:	Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus:	Bridelia Willd.
Synonyms[2]
Candelabria Hochst. Gentilia A.Chev. & Beille Pentameria Klotzsch ex Baill. Tzellemtinia Chiov. Neogoetzea Pax

Bridelia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.[3][4][5] It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2][6][7]

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.[3]

Species

As of February 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[8]

• 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).[2]

1. B. acuminata - Phyllanthus triandrus
2. B. attenuata - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
3. B. buxifolia - Cleistanthus stipitatus
4. B. chartacea - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
5. B. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
6. B. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius
7. B. heterantha - Phyllanthus glomerulatus
8. B. horrida - Scleropyrum pentandrum[9]
9. B. laurina - Cleistanthus stipitatus
10. B. loureiroi - Cleistanthus monoicus
11. B. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus
12. B. oblongifolius - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
13. B. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
14. B. polystachya - Cleistanthus polystachyus
15. B. rufa - Cleistanthus rufus
16. B. rugosa - Aporosa lunata
17. B. sinica - Phyllanthus hohenackeri
18. B. spinosa DC. 1833 not (Roxb.) Willd. 1806 - Damnacanthus indicus
19. B. stipitata - Cleistanthus stipitatus
20. B. stipularis Hook. & Arn. 1837 not (L.) Blume 1826 - Cleistanthus stipularis

Bridelia retusa bark

Bridelia retusa leaves

References

1. 1874 illustration, tab. 55 of D. Brandis, Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India, 1874
2. 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.
3. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 978-979 in Latin
4. Tropicos
5. Dressler, S. 1996. Proposal to conserve the name Bridelia (Euphorbiaceae) with a conserved spelling. Taxon 45: 337–338
6. 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.
7. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 174 土蜜树属 tu mi shu shu Bridelia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 978. 1806.
8. "Bridelia Willd." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
9. The Plant List, Bridelia horrida Dillwyn