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).