Brunia (Mniothamnea) Class. - Bockh. & E. G. H. Oliv

6.4. Brunia subg. Mniothamnea (Oliv. ex Nied.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H. Oliv., comb. et stat. nov. ≡ Mniothamnea Oliv. ex Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2a: 136. 1891; PillansinJ. S. African Bot. 13: 167. 1947 – Type: Mniothamnea callunoides (Oliv.) Nied. ≡ Berzelia callunoides Oliv. ≡ Brunia callunoides (Oliv.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H. Oliv. = Raspalia sensu A.V. Hall in Strelitzia 10: 194. 2000, p.p. Stamens included; petals free, shorter than 5 mm, petal bulges forming thick cushion with vertical subdivision; leaves appressedtopartly imbricate, glabrous; inflorescencesusually 2–4 mm in diameter or flowers solitary (B. bullata, B. callunoides).Published as part of Claßen-Bockhoff, Regine, Oliver, Edward G. H., Hall, Anthony V. & Quint, Marcus, 2019, A new classification of the South African endemic family Bruniaceae based on molecular and morphological data, pp. 1138-1155 in TAXON 60 (4) on page 1151, DOI: 10.1002/tax.604016, http://zenodo.org/record/759043