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BRUNIA
Snowbush (
Wf
)
Family:
BRUNIACEAE
For Dr. Alexander Brown (fl. 1692 - 1698).** A naval surgeon and plant collector for Leonard Plukenet who worked in the East Indies around 1690.
(
Ch
)
Brunia paleacea [Was Nebelia palleacea]
(
La
)
Bergstompie (
Vo
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
palea, = = chaff, dross, straw;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(chaffy, of chaff-like texture)
(covered with small, weak, erect, membranous scales, resembling the paleae of Grasses)
(
ld
,
BL
)