''Coleonema'' is a

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. The eight known species are all from the western

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, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often referred to as '' Diosma'', a different genus in the same family.

Species

, the following species were accepted by

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: *'' Coleonema album'' (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. – Cape may, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe *'' Coleonema aspalathoides'' A.Juss. ex G.Don – confetti bush *'' Coleonema calycinum'' (Steud.) I.Williams – confetti bush, diosma, broom buchu, boegoe *'' Coleonema juniperinum'' Sond. *'' Coleonema nubigena'' Esterh. *'' Coleonema pulchellum'' I.Williams – confetti bush, buchu *'' Coleonema pulchrum'' Hook. *'' Coleonema virgatum'' (Schltdl.) Eckl. & Zeyh.

References

Zanthoxyloideae Zanthoxyloideae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces {{Rutaceae-stub