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Bolusafra

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Bolusafra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Bolusafra
Kuntze (1891)
Species:
B. bituminosa
Binomial name
Bolusafra bituminosa
(L.) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Fagelia Neck. ex DC. (1825), nom. illeg.

(Species)

  • Crotalaria bituminosa (L.) Spreng. (1826)
  • Crotalaria glycinea Lam. (1786)
  • Dolichos hirtus DC. (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Fagelia bituminosa (L.) DC. (1825)
  • Fagelia flexuosa Meisn. (1843)
  • Glycine bituminosa L. (1753)
  • Glycine viscosa Moench (1802), nom. superfl.
  • Rhynchosia rehmannii Schinz (1907)

Bolusafra is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Bolusafra bituminosa or tar pea. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Bolusafra Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.