Brieya De Wild., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 383, 1914

Type species.

Brieya fasciculata De Wild.

Description.

Same as species.

A genus with two species, one widespread and one restricted to northern Angola. One species in Cameroun, not endemic.

A genus easily confused with Piptostigma because of the characteristic inner petals being much longer than the outer ones in both genera, a unique feature among Cameroonian Annonaceae (Ghogue et al. 2017). However, sterile, Brieya is mainly distinguished by the lower number of secondary veins (less than 20 versus generally more than 20 in Pipostigma) and discolorous leaves being whitish below (versus concolourous in Piptostigma).

Taxonomy.

Ghogue et al. (2017).