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Brunnichia Banks ex Gaertn.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Brunnichia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/brunnichia/). Accessed 2026-09-06.

Family

  • Polygonaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

included
(botanical) Contained within another part or organ.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Brunnichia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/brunnichia/). Accessed 2026-09-06.

Brunnichia

Lamina lower surface with minute midvein pubescence on Brunnichia ovata (Botanischer Garten Mainz, Germany – 29 August 2022). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

A genus of a single species, native of N. America and allied to Polygonum; it formerly included the segregate West African genus Afrobrunnichia. The name commemorates M. T. Brunnich, a Scandinavian eighteenth-century naturalist

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