''Bolusia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
. It includes six species native to southern
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
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* '' Bolusia acuminata'' (DC.) Polhill – southeastern Botswana to northern Cape Province of South Africa
* '' Bolusia amboensis'' (Schinz) Harms – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana
* '' Bolusia ervoides'' (Welw. ex Baker) Torre – Angola (Huíla)
* '' Bolusia grandis'' B.-E. Van Wyk – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia
* '' Bolusia polhilliana'' – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Bolusia resupinata'' Milne-Redh. – Malawi and Zambia
]
References
Crotalarieae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Taxa named by George Bentham
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