A taxonomic revision of the genus Brookea (Plantaginaceae) Author Neo, Louise Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore Author Huurne, Suzanne Ter Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, section Botany, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Author Adema, Frits Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, section Botany, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; text Phytotaxa 2019 2019-05-13 403 3 171 186 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.403.3.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.403.3.2 1179-3163 13716286 Brookea Benth. (1876a: 939) . Type : — Brookea dasyantha Benth. Shrubs or small trees. Stellate hairs present. Leaves simple, opposite, usually one of a pair smaller than the other, margin denticulate, venation pinnate. Inflorescences racemes, terminal. Calyx connate, 4- or 5-dentate. Corolla connate, bilabiate, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, with two keels on the median lobe. Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers apicifixed, versatile, cells divergent, opening introrse, longitudinally. Ovary 2-locular, with distinct placentas, ovules numerous; stigma bilobed. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Seeds numerous, disc-like. Distribution: —Six species, four in Borneo and three in Sulawesi .