Bolusiella
Introduction '''''Bolusiella''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoro Islands. ''Bolusiella'' are often very small, no more than a few centimeters tall. They exhibit monopodial growth.
Species and subspecies The following are accepted as of May 2014:* ''Bolusiella fractiflexa'' Droissart, Stévart & Verlynde - Cameroon, Rwanda to Burundi* ''Bolusiella iridifolia'' (Rolfe) Schltr. **''Bolusiella iridifolia ''subsp''. iridifolia'' - from Ivory Coast east to Ethiopia and Tanzania, south to Angola and Zimbabwe; also Comoros**''Bolusiella iridifolia ''subsp''. picea'' P.J.Cribb - from Burundi and Kenya south to Zimbabwe* ''Bolusiella maudiae'' (Bolus) Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Tanzania, south to KwaZulu-Natal* ''Bolusiella talbotii'' (Rendle) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - from Sierra Leone to Tanzania* ''Bolusiella zenkeri'' (Kraenzl.) Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Gabon
See also * List of Orchidaceae genera
References * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3.Oxford Univ. Press* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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