Bryanthus is a monotypic genus of ornamental plant in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, with the sole species Bryanthus musciformis, native to Japan, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. [2] The genus was created in 1769.[3] In 2012, the new tribe Bryantheae was proposed based on genetic analysis, containing the genera Bryanthus and Ledothamnus.[4]
| Bryanthus | |
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| Bryanthus gmelinii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ericoideae |
| Tribe: | Bryantheae |
| Genus: | Bryanthus S.G.Gmel.[2] |
| Species: | B. musciformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bryanthus musciformis (Poir.) Nakai[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Former species
Species that have been placed in Bryanthus include:
- Bryanthus aleuticus (Spreng.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce aleutica
- Bryanthus empetriformis (Sm.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce empetriformis
- Bryanthus × erectus Lindl. & Paxt., synonym of × Phyllothamnus erectus
- Bryanthus glanduliflorus (Hook.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce glanduliflora
- Bryanthus intermedius (Hook.) A.Gray, synonym of Phyllodoce × intermedia