Coleonema
Encyclopedia
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.
Species include:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Rutaceae
Rutaceae
Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...
. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...
of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. In Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often incorrectly referred to as Diosma.
Species include:
- Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & J.C. Wendl. Cape May, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe
- Coleonema aspalathoides Juss. ex Don, confetti bush
- Coleonema calycinum (Steud.) I.Williams confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe
- Coleonema pulchellum I.Williams confetti bush, buchu
- Coleonema pulchrum
- Coleonema virgatum