Biology:Coleonema

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Coleonema
Coleonema Pulchrum Aurea.jpg
Coleonema pulchrum 'Aurea' (Golden Diosma)
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Coleonema
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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]

Species include:

  • Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & J.C. Wendl. Cape May, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe[2]
  • Coleonema aspalathoides Juss. ex Don, confetti bush[3]
  • Coleonema calycinum (Steud.) I.Williams confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe[4]
  • Coleonema pulchellum I.Williams confetti bush, buchu[5]
  • Coleonema pulchrum
  • Coleonema virgatum

References

  1. 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. pp. 245. ISBN 0-09-183201-2. 
  2. "Coleonema album". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/coleonalbum.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 
  3. "Coleonema aspalathoides". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/coleonaspal.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 
  4. "Coleonema calycinum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/coleoncaly.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 
  5. "Coleonema pulchellum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/coleonpulchell.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5143069 entry