Brownea leucantha

Brownea leucantha
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Brownea
Species:	B. leucantha
Binomial name
	Brownea leucantha; Jacq.[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Hermesias leucantha Kuntze

Brownea leucantha, called roso blanco, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Brownea, native to Peru and Venezuela.[2] It is the emblematic state tree of Miranda, Venezuela. It can be distinguished from other members of its genus by its white flowers.[3]

References

Fragm. Bot.: 26 (1800)
"Brownea leucantha Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip A. (2010). "A New Species of Browneopsis (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Cauca Valley, Colombia". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 20 (2): 207–211. doi:10.3417/2008100. JSTOR 40856293. S2CID 85144345.

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[1] Fragm. Bot.: 26 (1800)

[482427-1-2] "Brownea leucantha Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[3] Silverstone-Sopkin, Philip A. (2010). "A New Species of Browneopsis (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Cauca Valley, Colombia". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 20 (2): 207–211. doi:10.3417/2008100. JSTOR 40856293. S2CID 85144345.