Brucea
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Brucea javanica
Translingual
Etymology 1
Named after Scottish explorer James Bruce (1730–1794) who brought back Brucea antidysenterica from Ethiopia.
Proper noun
Brucea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Simaroubaceae – certain flowering plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Sapindales – order; Simaroubaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Brucea antidysenterica – type species; Brucea bruceadelpha, Brucea guineensis, Brucea javanica, Brucea macrocarpa, Brucea mollis, Brucea tenuifolia, Brucea tonkinensis – other species
References
Brucea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Brucea (Simaroubaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Brucea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
Named after American lichenologist Bruce McCune (b. 1952), who studied western North American lichen flora.
Proper noun
Brucea f
- (obsolete) Replaced synonym of Bruceomyces