Browneopsis

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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|image = Browneopsis ucayalina.jpg

|image_caption = Browneopsis ucayalina

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Browneopsis

|authority = Huber

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 8; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296080-2 Browneopsis Huber]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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Browneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. There are about 8 species of trees native to South America, ranging from Panama through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru and northern Brazil.Neill, D. A., & Asanza, M. (2014). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269109634_Browneopsis_puyensis_(Leguminosae_Caesalpinioideae_Detarieae)_a_new_species_from_Amazonian_Ecuador Browneopsis puyensis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinoideae: Detarieae), a new species from Amazonian Ecuador.] Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 8(2). Species typically grow in lowland tropical rain forests, including inundated and terra firme forests, and in sub-montane forests in the foothills of the Andes.

Species include:

• Browneopsis cauliflora {{small|(Poepp.) Huber}} – Colombia and Peru
• Browneopsis disepala {{small|(Little) Klitg.}} – western Ecuador
• Browneopsis excelsa {{small|Pittier}} – Panama, Colombia, and Peru
• Browneopsis macrofoliolata {{small|Klitg.}} – western Ecuador
• Browneopsis peruviana {{small|(J.F.Macbr.) Klitg.}} – Peru and northern Brazil
• Browneopsis puyensis {{small|D.A.Neill & Asanza}} – Ecuador
• Browneopsis sanintiae {{small|Silverst.}} – Colombia
• Browneopsis ucayalina {{small|Huber}} – Ecuador and Peru