Bolusanthus speciosus

Bolusanthus speciosus

Taxonavigation

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

Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms (1906)

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Harms, H. in Fedde, F.K.G. (ed.) 1906. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen. Berlin 2: 15.

Additional references

• 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.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. Published online. Accessed: May 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bolusanthus speciosus. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bolusanthus speciosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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

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