| Name | Brachylepis Hooker & Arnott |
| Authorship | Hooker & Arnott |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Asclepiadaceae |
| Remarks | later homonym (non C. A. Meyer ex Ledebour 1829); Type: B. candolleana W. J. Hooker et Arnott ('candolleanus'); replaced by Melinia Decaisne 1844 |
| Citation | 1839 J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 290 |