Coleonema

Coleonema
Coleonema
Coleonema pulchrum 'Aurea' (Golden Diosma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Coleonema
Species

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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 incorrectly 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. p.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 spalathoides". 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. 
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