Bolusanthus speciosus

Bolusanthus speciosus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Bolusanthus
Species: Bolusanthus speciosus

Name

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Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms (1906)

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25: 161. 1889.
  • Heterotypic
    • Bolusanthus speciosus f. albescens Yakovlev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 197. 1972.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Gropical Africa
      • Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • India, Kenya, Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Vanwykshout, Olifantsboom, Olifantshout
English: Tree wisteria, Wild wisteria, South African wisteria, Rhodesian wisteria, Elephant wood
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