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''Bonatea'' is a genus of orchids native to tropical and 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 ...
, with one species extending into
Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
and
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> Species currently recognized as of May 2014: *'' Bonatea antennifera'' Rolfe - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe *'' Bonatea boltonii'' (Harv.) Bolus - South Africa *'' Bonatea cassidea'' Sond. - South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe *'' Bonatea lamprophylla'' J.Stewart - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal *'' Bonatea polypodantha'' (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus - South Africa *'' Bonatea porrecta'' (Bolus) Summerh. - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Eswatini *'' Bonatea pulchella'' Summerh. - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal *'' Bonatea rabaiensis'' (Rendle) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania *'' Bonatea saundersioides'' (Kraenzl. & Schltr.) Cortesi - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini *'' Bonatea speciosa'' (L.f.) Willd. - South Africa, Mozambique *'' Bonatea stereophylla'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania *'' Bonatea steudneri'' (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz - from South Africa to Saudi Arabia, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia, etc. *'' Bonatea volkensiana'' (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania


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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2813943 Orchideae Orchids of Africa Flora of Yemen Flora of Saudi Arabia Orchideae genera