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Brunia is a genus of flowering plants belonging

Familia: Bruniaceae Tribus: Brunieae

to subfamily Petunioideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The 50 or so species have been grouped into the three sections: Brunfelsia (circa 22 species), Franciscea (circa 18 species) and Guianenses (circa 6 species), which differ significantly in both distribution and characteristics, although molecular data have revealed that only two sections are natural (monophyletic), namely the Caribbean section Brunfelsia and a common section for all South American species. Linnaeus named the genus for the early German herbalist Otto Brunfels (1488–1534). Common names for the genus include raintree, yesterday-today-tomorrow and lady of the night.

Taxonomy
The genus was described by L. and published in Species Plantarum 1: 199 in the year 1753. The type species is Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius, Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei, 56. (1767)

The name Brunia is thought to have been derived from the apothecary, Dr Cornelis Brun, who travelled in Russia and the Levant, although it could also be in commemoration of Dr Alexander Brown, a ship's surgeon and a collector who worked in the East Indies around 1690.

Brunia (7 species),

The Brunia family consists of 12 genera and 77 species, endemic to South Africa and concentrated in the southwestern Cape.

Description
Shrubs or small trees,

Species
Species include:


 * Brunia africana (Burm.f.) – American brunfelsia, lady-of-the-night ?? common names
 * Brunia albiflora E. Phillips - buttonbush lime, coffee bush, White-flowered brunia,
 * Brunia angulata (Sond.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia barnardii (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia bullata (Schltr.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia callunoides (Oliv.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia compacta A.V.Hall
 * Brunia cordata (Burm.f.) Walp.
 * Brunia dregeana (Sond.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia esterhuyseniae (Strid) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia fragarioides Willd.
 * Brunia laevis Thunb.
 * Brunia latebracteata A.V.Hall
 * Brunia macrocephala Willd.
 * Brunia microphylla Thunb.
 * Brunia monogyna (Vahl) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia monostyla (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia myrtoides (Vahl) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia neglecta Schltr.
 * Brunia noduliflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning	– common brunia (Eng.); knopbos, knoppies
 * Brunia oblongifolia (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia paleacea P.J.Bergius
 * Brunia palustris (Schltr. ex Dümmer) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia pentandra (Thunb.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia phylicoides Thunb.
 * Brunia pillansii Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia powrieae Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia purpurea (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia schlechteri (Dummer) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia sphaerocephala (Sond.) A.V.Hall
 * Brunia squalida Sond.
 * Brunia thomae Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia trigyna (Schltr.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia tulbaghensis (Schltr. ex Dümmer) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia variabilis (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv.
 * Brunia villosa E.Mey. ex Sond.
 * Brunia virgata Brongn.

Grin only accepts Brunia albiflora, Brunia lanuginosa,Brunia nodiflora, Brunia noduliflora, Brunia paleacea and Brunia stokoei.