Brachytome is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871.[1] It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia.

Brachytome
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Gardenieae
Genus: Brachytome
Hook.f.
Type species
Brachytome wallichii

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