Full name and orig. publication: Brookea Benth., in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 939 (May 1876).
Etymology: Named after Charles Brooke (1829-1936), the second Rajah of Sarawak.
Synonyms: -
Position: See notes.
Species names (incl. publication and synonyms): See Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2005: World checklist of Gesneriaceae: http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/Checklist.
Notes: This genus, consisting of four species from Borneo (the fourth, B. auriculata, was recently described by Yamazaki, J. Jap. Bot. 69: 282-284, 1994), has been occasionally included in the Gesneriaceae, but is now generally referred to Scrophulariaceae.
last modified: 2007-01-04