Agathosma

taxobox
name = "Agathosma"


image_caption = "Agathosma betulina"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Agathosma"
genus_authority = Willd., 1809
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Agathosma" is a genus of about 135 species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to the southern part of Africa. Common names include Bookoo, Buchu, Bucco, and Diosma.

They are small shrubs and subshrubs, mostly with erect woody stems reaching 30-100 cm tall, but low-growing and prostrate in some species. The leaves are usually opposite, ericoid, often crowded, simple, entire, from 0.5-3.5 cm long. The flowers are produced in terminal clusters, 0.7-2 cm diameter, with five white, pink, red or purple, petals.

Many of the species are highly aromatic, and the genus name means "good fragrance". Some species of the genus are used as herbal remedies.

Synonyms

* Barosma Willd.
* Hartogia L.
* Parapetalifera J. C. Wendl.

Selected species

*"Agathosma abrupta"
*"Agathosma acocksii"
*"Agathosma acutissima"
*"Agathosma adenandriflora"
*"Agathosma adnata"
*"Agathosma aemula"
*"Agathosma affinis"
*"Agathosma alaris"
*"Agathosma alligans"
*"Agathosma alpina"
*"Agathosma alticola"
*"Agathosma anomala"
*"Agathosma apiculata"
*"Agathosma asperifolia"
*"Agathosma barnesiae"
*"Agathosma bathii"
*"Agathosma betulina" (syn. "Barosma betulina"), used as a herbal kidney conditioner
*"Agathosma bicolor"
*"Agathosma bicornuta"
*"Agathosma bifida"
*"Agathosma bisulca"
*"Agathosma blaerioides"
*"Agathosma bodkinii"
*"Agathosma capensis"
*"Agathosma capitata"
*"Agathosma cedrimontana"
*"Agathosma cephalodes"
*"Agathosma cerefolium"
*"Agathosma ciliaris" (syn. "Agathosma rugosa")
*"Agathosma ciliata"
*"Agathosma clavisepala"
*"Agathosma collina"
*"Agathosma concava"
*"Agathosma conferta"
*"Agathosma cordifolia"
*"Agathosma corymbosa"
*"Agathosma craspedota"
*"Agathosma crassifolia"
*"Agathosma crenulata" (syn. "Barosma crenulata"), used as a herbal kidney conditioner
*"Agathosma decurrens"
*"Agathosma dentata"
*"Agathosma dielsiana"
*"Agathosma distans"
*"Agathosma divaricata"
*"Agathosma dregeana"
*"Agathosma elata"
*"Agathosma elegans"
*"Agathosma eriantha"
*"Agathosma esterhuyseniae"
*"Agathosma florida"
*"Agathosma florulenta"
*"Agathosma foetidissima"
*"Agathosma foleyana"
*"Agathosma fraudulenta"
*"Agathosma geniculata"
*"Agathosma giftbergensis"
*"Agathosma glabrata"
*"Agathosma glandulosa"
*"Agathosma gnidiiflora"
*"Agathosma gonaquensis"
*"Agathosma hirsuta"
*"Agathosma hirta"
*"Agathosma hispida"
*"Agathosma hookeri"
*"Agathosma humilis"
*"Agathosma imbricata"
*"Agathosma insignis"
*"Agathosma involucrata"
*"Agathosma joubertiana"
*"Agathosma juniperifolia"
*"Agathosma kougaense"
*"Agathosma krakadouwensis"
*"Agathosma lanceolata"
*"Agathosma lancifolia"
*"Agathosma latipetala"
*"Agathosma leptospermoides"
*"Agathosma linifolia"
*"Agathosma longicornu"
*"Agathosma marifolia"
*"Agathosma marlothii"
*"Agathosma martiana"
*"Agathosma microcalyx"
*"Agathosma microcarpa"
*"Agathosma minuta"
*"Agathosma mirabilis"
*"Agathosma mucronulata" Buchu
*"Agathosma muirii"
*"Agathosma mundtii"
*"Agathosma namaquensis"
*"Agathosma odoratissima"
*"Agathosma orbicularis"
*"Agathosma ovalifolia"
*"Agathosma ovata" False Buchu
*"Agathosma pallens"
*"Agathosma pattisoniae"
*"Agathosma peglerae"
*"Agathosma pentachotoma"
*"Agathosma phillipsii"
*"Agathosma pilifera"
*"Agathosma planifolia"
*"Agathosma propinqua"
*"Agathosma puberula"
*"Agathosma pubigera"
*"Agathosma pulchella"
*"Agathosma pungens"
*"Agathosma purpurea"
*"Agathosma recurvifolia"
*"Agathosma rehmanniana"
*"Agathosma riversdalensis"
*"Agathosma robusta"
*"Agathosma roodebergensis"
*"Agathosma rosmarinifolia"
*"Agathosma rubricaulis"
*"Agathosma rudolphii"
*"Agathosma sabulosa"
*"Agathosma salina"
*"Agathosma scaberula"
*"Agathosma sedifolia"
*"Agathosma serpyllacea"
*"Agathosma serratifolia"
*"Agathosma sladeniana"
*"Agathosma spinescens"
*"Agathosma spinosa"
*"Agathosma squamosa"
*"Agathosma stenopetala"
*"Agathosma stenosepala"
*"Agathosma stilbeoides"
*"Agathosma stipitata"
*"Agathosma stokoei"
*"Agathosma subteretifolia"
*"Agathosma tabularis"
*"Agathosma thymifolia"
*"Agathosma trichocarpa"
*"Agathosma tulbaghensis"
*"Agathosma umbonata"
*"Agathosma unicarpellata"
*"Agathosma venusta"
*"Agathosma virgata"
*"Agathosma zwartbergense"

External links

* [http://fernkloof.com/species.mv?235 "A. ciliaris" photos]
* [http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/a/agathosma_ovata_fb.htm "A. ovata" photos]
* [http://www.plantweb.co.za/Plant_Pictures/Agathosma/Agathosma_pungens "A. pungens photos]