''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 ...

. 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 ...

. * '' 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 {{Faboideae-stub