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BRUNIACEAE
Buttonbush Family(
Wf
)
For (1) Dr. Cornelius Brun (Corneille de Bruin) (1652-1719/1726/1727),** OR (2) Dr. Alexander Brown.**
(
Ch
)
BERZELIA
Buttonbush (
Wf
)
For Count Jacob J. Berzelius, (1779 - 1845).**
(
Ch
)
BRUNIA
Snowbush (
Wf
)
For Dr. Alexander Brown (fl. 1692 - 1698)**
(
Ch
)
LONCHOSTOMA
(
G
)
lonche, = a lance, spear, javelin; stoma, = mouth, also the whole face. (lance-shaped petals and sepals of some species)
(
LS
,
Le
)
NEBELIA
(
Heb
)
For Daniel Nebel (1664-1733).**
(
Ox
)
PSEUDOBAECKEA
(
G
)
pseudo-, = false-, resembling but not equalling; For Abraham Baeck (1713 - 1795).** (bearing a false resemblance to the genus Baeckea in the family Myrtaceae; the genus having been named after Abraham Baeck)
(
LS
,
Ox
,
Ch
,
K3
)
RASPALIA
For François Vincent Raspail (1794-1878).**
(
Ch
)
STAAVIA
Starheath (
Wf
)
For Martin Staaf, (1731 - 1788)**
(
Ch
)