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Coccuswoods
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Coccuswoods

Brya

Brya is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes seven species of shrubs or small spreading trees native to Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. Species include Brya ebenus, a valuable timber tree.

Typical habitats include seasonally dry tropical forest and shrubland.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ebony Coccuswood

speciesBrya ebenus

Brya buxifolia

speciesBrya buxifolia

Brya microphylla

speciesBrya microphylla

Brya subinermis

speciesBrya subinermis

Brya hirsuta

speciesBrya hirsuta

Brya chrysogonii

speciesBrya chrysogonii

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.40

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.14

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.23

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.27

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.28

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.29

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.30

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.31

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.33

Coccuswoods in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.36

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 139453.