Coleonema
| Coleonema | |
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| Coleonema pulchrum 'Aurea' (Golden Diosma) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Coleonema Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. |
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Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often referred to as Diosma,[1] a different genus in the same family.
Species
As of September 2021, the following species were accepted by Plants of the World Online:[2]
- Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. – Cape may, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe[3]
- Coleonema aspalathoides A.Juss. ex G.Don – confetti bush[4]
- Coleonema calycinum (Steud.) I.Williams – confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe[5]
- Coleonema juniperinum Sond.
- Coleonema nubigena Esterh.
- Coleonema pulchellum I.Williams – confetti bush, buchu[6]
- Coleonema pulchrum Hook.
- Coleonema virgatum (Schltdl.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
References
- ^ Page Susan and Olds Margaret (managing editors) (1997). Botanica, The illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 garden plants and how to cultivate them. Random House Australia. p. 245. ISBN 0-09-183201-2.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Coleonema Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Coleonema album". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema aspalathoides". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema calycinum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ "Coleonema pulchellum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.