Brownea coccinea

Taxobox
name = "Brownea coccinea"


image_caption= Flower & its bud in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
genus = "Brownea"
species = "B. coccinea"
binomial = "Brownea coccinea"
binomial_authority = Jacq.
synonyms=
*"Brownea capitella" Jacq.
*"Brownea latifolia" Jacq.

"Brownea coccinea" is a species in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae. Common names include Scarlet Flame Bean, Mountain Rose, Rose of Venezuela and Cooper Hoop.cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7906 |title=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) Online Database.|accessdate=2007-08-25] cite web |url=http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/550.shtml |title=ILDIS World Database of Legumes: draft checklist, version 10 |accessdate=2007-08-25 |last=Roskov |first= Y.R.|authorlink= |coauthors= F.A. Bisby, J.L. Zarucchi, B.D. Schrire and R.J. White. |date= |year=2005 |month=November ] The species is native to Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also commonly cultivated in other countries including Zaire, Mauritius and the Seychelles.

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