John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan

British botanist (1917-1985).

John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985) was a British botanist who became director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Brenan was born on 19 June 1917 in Chislehurst and died on 26 September 1985 at Kew. A funeral requiem was held on 3 October 1985 at St. Anne's Church, Kew with a memorial service on the 23rd; he is buried at St. Anne's. Brenan received his Master of Arts in Biology from the University of Oxford in 1940 and began to work at the Imperial Forestry Institute (now the Oxford Forestry Institute) in Oxford. He collected plants from 1947 to 1948 in what is today Zambia and Tanzan

Abbreviations: Brenan
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1917-06-19T00:00:00Z – 1985-09-26T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Chislehurst
Direct attributions: 250 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 341 plants, 0 fungi

250 plants attributed, 91 plants contributed to341 plants:

Anadenanthera colubrina (Curupay) (Vell.) Brenan 1955
plant species in the fabaceae family
Anadenanthera colubrina (also known as vilca, huilco, huilca, wilco, willka, curupay, curupau, cebil, or angico) is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or Anadenanthera peregrina. It grows to 5–20 m (16–66 ft) tall and the trunk is very thorny. The leaves are mimosa-like, up to 30 cm (12 in) in length and they fold up at night. In Argentina, A. colubrina produces flowers from September to December and bean pods from September to July. In Brazil A. colubrina has been given "high priority" conservation status.
Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan 1963
plant species in the fabaceae family
Parapiptadenia rigida is a perennial shrub or tree. It is not a threatened species. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Common names include angico, angico-cedro, angico-do-banhado, angico-dos-montes, angico-verdadeiro, angico-vermelho (in Spanish angico is changed for anchico), guarucaia and paric. Parapiptadenia rigida grows from about 18m to 30m in height and it has a straight trunk which has slightly furrowed bark. The foliage is dark green and the flowers are greenish-yellow 5 cm to 9 cm long. It blooms in the spring. The seed pods grow 9 cm to 16 cm in length. The
Medusandra Brenan 1952
plant genus in the peridiscaceae family
Medusandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Peridiscaceae. It has two species, Medusandra richardsiana and Medusandra mpomiana. M. richardsiana is the most common and well known. Both species are native to Cameroon and adjacent countries. Medusandra was named by John Brenan in 1952. Brenan put Medusandra in its own family, Medusandraceae, and added Soyauxia to that family in 1953. Most authors, however, maintained Medusandraceae as a monogeneric family and put Soyauxia elsewhere. A detailed description of Medusandra was published by John Hutchinson in 1973. When the APG II system
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Ordeal-tree) (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan 1960
plant species in the fabaceae family
Erythrophleum suaveolens, also known as the ordeal tree, is a species of flowering plant that can be found across most of tropical Africa. The species are 20 metres (66 ft) in height, and have a rough and blackish bark. The plants leaves have 2–3 pairs of pinnae, which carry 7–13 leaflets. The leaflets are 5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.97 in × 0.98 in), are green coloured and ovate. The flowers have fluffy spikes, and are creamy-yellow coloured. Fruits are hard, the pod of which is flat. The bark of the tree has been used in Liberia to make a toxic concoction used for a form of trial by ordeal
Piptadeniastrum africanum (False Sasswood) (Hook.f.) Brenan 1955
medicinal plant species in the fabaceae family
Piptadeniastrum africanum is a tall deciduous tree within the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Sudan and Angola. It is the sole species in genus Piptadeniastrum. It is also called Piptadenia africana, and its timber is traded under the names Dabema or Dahoma. It commonly occurs in freshwater swamp forests but can also be found further north.
Parapiptadenia Brenan 1963
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Parapiptadenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes six species of trees and shrubs native to eastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. Typical habitats include tropical coastal and dune forest (restinga), woodland, scrub, and secondary growth forest. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan 1963
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Gigasiphon macrosiphon is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is known from several localities in Kenya and Tanzania. Only about 33 individuals were found in surveys in 2013. Population decline is believed to be mainly due to habitat loss. The IUCN currently classifies the species as Endangered.
Stanfieldiella Brenan 1960
plant genus in the commelinaceae family
Stanfieldiella is genus of flowering plants within the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1960. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Species Stanfieldiella axillaris J.K.Morton - Ghana, Nigeria Stanfieldiella brachycarpa (Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr.) Brenan - from Nigeria to Congo Stanfieldiella imperforata (C.B.Clarke) Brenan - from Liberia to Ghana; also Angola Stanfieldiella oligantha (Mildbr.) Brenan - from Liberia to Gabon
Pterolobium stellatum (Red-wing) (Forssk.) Brenan 1954
plant species in the fabaceae family
Pterolobium stellatum (Latin: stellatum, starry or star-like, suggesting the radial arrangement of inflorescences), the redwing, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.
Parkinsonia raimondoi Brenan 1980
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Parkinsonia raimondoi is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Somalia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Newtonia erlangeri (Harms) Brenan 1955
endangered plant species in the fabaceae family
Newtonia erlangeri is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Commelina fluviatilis Brenan 1967
plant species in the commelinaceae family
Commelina fluviatilis is an herbaceous plant in the dayflower family found primarily in Central Africa. It is known from Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and the Caprivi Strip region of Namibia. It is one of the most distinctive members of its genus because of its semi-aquatic habitat preference, its floating stems, its long and narrow leaves that are folded in on themselves, and its many-flowered lower cincinnus, just to name a few characters. The species has tuberous roots set in the soil which allow it to withstand periods of severe drought despite its preference for
Cola octoloboides Brenan 1978
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Cola octoloboides is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Kenya. It is currently threatened by habitat loss.
Triceratella drummondii Brenan 1961
critically endangered plant species in the commelinaceae family
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Piptadeniastrum Brenan 1955
plant genus in the fabaceae family
Piptadeniastrum africanum is a tall deciduous tree within the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Sudan and Angola. It is the sole species in genus Piptadeniastrum. It is also called Piptadenia africana, and its timber is traded under the names Dabema or Dahoma. It commonly occurs in freshwater swamp forests but can also be found further north.
Newtonia paucijuga (Harms) Brenan 1955
plant species in the fabaceae family
Newtonia paucijuga is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
Murdannia nudiflora (Nakedstem Dewflower) (L.) Brenan 1952
annual and medicinal plant species in the commelinaceae family
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Medusandraceae Brenan 1987
plant genus
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Cola philipijonesii Brenan & Keay 1956
critically endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Cola philipi-jonesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cola greenwayi (Zulu Coshwood) Brenan 1956
plant species in the malvaceae family
Cola greenwayi, commonly known as hairy cola or Zulu coshwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was first described in 1956 by the British botanist John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan. It is native to southeastern Africa.
Cola boxiana Brenan & Keay 1956
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Cola boxiana is a species of medium tree in the Family Malvaceae. It is endemic to the lowland Eastern Guinean forests, or tropical rainforests, of Ghana. As with many tree species growing in these coastal rainforests, it is threatened by habitat loss.
Xylia torreana (Hairy Sand-ash) Brenan 1958
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Rinorea keayi Brenan 1951
plant species in the violaceae family
Rinorea keayi is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Polysphaeria macrantha Brenan 1949
plant species in the rubiaceae family
Polysphaeria macrantha is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Parkinsonia scioana (Chiov.) Brenan 1963
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Parkinsonia anacantha Brenan 1963
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
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Macaranga conglomerata Brenan 1949
vulnerable plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
Macaranga conglomerata is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Isoberlinia angolensis (Welw. ex Benth.) Hoyle & Brenan 1949
plant species in the fabaceae family
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Indigofera fulvopilosa Brenan 1953
annual and perennial plant species in the fabaceae family
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Erica wildii Brenan 1964
plant species in the ericaceae family
Erica wildii is a plant belonging to the genus Erica. The species is native to Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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