Brachypterum

Brachypterum is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It includes eleven species, which range from the Indian Subcontinent through Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and eastern Australia.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 13 species:

• Brachypterum cumingii – Philippines
• Brachypterum eriocarpum – eastern Assam to Myanmar, southern China, Laos, and Vietnam
• Brachypterum involutum – Queensland and northeastern New South Wales
• Brachypterum koolgibberah – New Guinea and Queensland (Cook region)
• Brachypterum microphyllum – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
• Brachypterum nitidum – Cape York Peninsula (Queensland)
• Brachypterum opacum – northeastern Queensland
• Brachypterum philippinense – Philippines
• Brachypterum pseudinvolutum – New Guinea
• Brachypterum robustum – India, Indochina, southern China, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
• Brachypterum scandens – India, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland, and New South Wales
• Brachypterum submontanum – eastern New Guinea
• Brachypterum thorelii – Laos and northern and northeastern Thailand

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