6.5 Brunia subg. Lonchostoma (Wikstr.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H. Oliv., comb. et stat. nov.

≡ Lonchostoma Wikstr. in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 39: 350. 1818, nom. cons. [McNeill & al., ICBN: 358. 2006]

– Type: Lonchostoma obtusiflorum Wikstr., nom. illeg. ≡ Passerina pentandra Thunb. ≡ Lonchostoma pentandrum (Thunb.) Druce) ≡ Brunia pentandra (Thunb.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H. Oliv.

Stamens included; petals postgenitally fused with filaments, longer than 5 mm, petal bulgesreduced or absent; leaves imbricate, villous beneath; inflorescences head- or spike-like, 10–25 mm long.