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miombo
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miombo

Brachystegia

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

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.

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

msasa

speciesBrachystegia spiciformis

Prince-Of-Wales Feathers

speciesBrachystegia boehmii

Brachystegia glaucescens

speciesBrachystegia glaucescens

Brachystegia taxifolia

speciesBrachystegia taxifolia

Brachystegia longifolia

speciesBrachystegia longifolia

Brachystegia bakeriana

speciesBrachystegia bakeriana

Brachystegia torrei

speciesBrachystegia torrei

Brachystegia utilis

speciesBrachystegia utilis

Brachystegia microphylla

speciesBrachystegia microphylla

Brachystegia tamarindoides

speciesBrachystegia tamarindoides

Brachystegia allenii

speciesBrachystegia allenii

Brachystegia stipulata

speciesBrachystegia stipulata

Brachystegia manga

speciesBrachystegia manga

Brachystegia floribunda

speciesBrachystegia floribunda

Brachystegia leonensis

speciesBrachystegia leonensis

Brachystegia eurycoma

speciesBrachystegia eurycoma

Brachystegia bussei

speciesBrachystegia bussei

Brachystegia laurentii

speciesBrachystegia laurentii

Brachystegia russelliae

speciesBrachystegia russelliae

Brachystegia puberula

speciesBrachystegia puberula

Brachystegia kennedyi

speciesBrachystegia kennedyi

Brachystegia nigerica

speciesBrachystegia nigerica

Brachystegia bequaertii

speciesBrachystegia bequaertii

Brachystegia angustistipulata

speciesBrachystegia angustistipulata

Brachystegia cynometroides

speciesBrachystegia cynometroides

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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 139468.