Brownea leucantha

{{Expand Spanish|topic=scitech}}{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Brownea}} {{Speciesbox |image=Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata (T. 21) BHL287650.jpg |image_caption=Botanical illustration |genus=Brownea |species=leucantha |authority=Jacq.<ref>Fragm. Bot.: 26 (1800)</ref> |synonyms_ref=<ref name="482427-1" /> |synonyms=''Hermesias leucantha'' <small>Kuntze</small> }}

'''''Brownea leucantha''''', called '''roso blanco''', is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Brownea'', native to Peru and Venezuela.<ref name="482427-1" >{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:482427-1 |title=''Brownea leucantha'' Jacq. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 December 2020 }}</ref> It is the emblematic state tree of Miranda, Venezuela. It can be distinguished from other members of its genus by its white flowers.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A New Species of ''Browneopsis'' (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from the Cauca Valley, Colombia |year=2010 |last1=Silverstone-Sopkin |first1=Philip A. |journal=Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=207–211 |doi=10.3417/2008100 |jstor=40856293 |s2cid=85144345 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/122012 }}</ref>

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leucantha Category:Plants described in 1800