Bolusiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoro Islands.
Bolusiella are often very small, no more than a few centimeters tall. They exhibit monopodial growth.
Species and subspecies
The following are accepted as of May 2014:
- Bolusiella fractiflexa <small>Droissart, Stévart & Verlynde</small> - Cameroon, Rwanda to Burundi
- Bolusiella iridifolia <small>(Rolfe) Schltr.</small>
- Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. iridifolia - from Ivory Coast east to Ethiopia and Tanzania, south to Angola and Zimbabwe; also Comoros
- Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. picea <small>P.J.Cribb</small> - from Burundi and Kenya south to Zimbabwe
- Bolusiella maudiae <small>(Bolus) Schltr.</small> - from Ivory Coast east to Tanzania, south to KwaZulu-Natal
- Bolusiella talbotii <small>(Rendle) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel</small> - from Sierra Leone to Tanzania
- Bolusiella zenkeri <small>(Kraenzl.) Schltr.</small> - from Ivory Coast east to Gabon
See also
References
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
- Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
- Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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