Biology:Boscia mossambicensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Broad-leaved shepherd tree
Boscia mossambicensis, loof en vrugte, naby Laer-Sabie.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Boscia
Species:
B. mossambicensis
Binomial name
Boscia mossambicensis
Klotzsch, 1861[1]
Synonyms
  • Boscia carsonii Baker
  • Boscia elegans Gilg[2]
  • Boscia grandiflora Gilg
  • Boscia gymnosporiifolia Chiov.
  • Boscia hildebrandtii Gilg
  • Boscia holzii Gilg & Benedict
  • Boscia pachyandra Gilg
  • Boscia uhligii Gilg & Benedict
  • Boscia viridiflava Gilg & Benedict
  • Boscia zimmereri Gilg & Winkl.

Boscia mossambicensis is a species of plant in family Capparaceae, which is native to East and southern Africa, where it occurs at lower elevations.

Range

It occurs in Botswana, the southern DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa (eastern Limpopo and eastern Mpumalanga provinces), Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

See also

  • List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes

References

  1. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique . . . 1: 164. 1861
  2. Gilg, Ernest Friedrich Annali di Botanica (Rome) 6: 90. 1906

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15545284 entry