Brenierea

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Speciesbox |image = |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Ramanantsialonina, R.N. |year=2019 |title=''Brenierea insignis'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T19891678A124143571 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T19891678A124143571.en |access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> |display_parents = 2 |genus = Brenierea |parent_authority = Humbert (1959) |species = insignis |authority = Humbert (1959) }}

'''''Brenierea insignis''''' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae and is the only member of the genus '''''Brenierea'''''.<ref name="Sinou">{{cite journal | title = The genus ''Bauhinia'' s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid ''trnL''–''trnF'' region | year = 2009 |vauthors=Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A | journal = Botany | volume = 87 | issue = 10 | pages = 947–960 | doi = 10.1139/B09-065 }}</ref> It is endemic to Madagascar.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21855-1 ''Brenierea'' Humbert]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 13 August 2023.</ref>

''Brenierea insignis'' is a shrub or small tree which grows 6 to 8 meters tall. It is endemic to the arid south and southwest of Madagascar, where it grows in deciduous spiny thicket on calcareous or silicaceous soil from sea level up to 300 meters elevation.<ref name = iucn/>

The tree is subject to habitat loss and fragmentation from human-caused fires and forest clearance for livestock grazing, agriculture, and firewood.<ref name = iucn/>

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Category:Cercidoideae Category:Monotypic Fabaceae genera Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar Category:Plants described in 1959 Category:Flora of the Madagascar spiny thickets