Biology:Bonatea (plant)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Bonatea
Bonatea antennifera, habitus, a, Groenkloof NR.jpg
Bonatea antennifera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Bonatea
Willd.[1]
Type species
Bonatea speciosa
(L.f.) Willd.

Bonatea is a genus of orchids native to tropical and southern Africa, with one species extending into Yemen and Saudi Arabia.[2]

Species currently recognized as of May 2014:[2]

  • Bonatea antennifera Rolfe - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe
  • Bonatea boltonii (Harv.) Bolus - South Africa
  • Bonatea cassidea Sond. - South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
  • Bonatea lamprophylla J.Stewart - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Bonatea polypodantha (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus - South Africa
  • Bonatea porrecta (Bolus) Summerh. - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Eswatini
  • Bonatea pulchella Summerh. - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal
  • Bonatea rabaiensis (Rendle) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania
  • Bonatea saundersioides (Kraenzl. & Schltr.) Cortesi - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
  • Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. - South Africa, Mozambique
  • Bonatea stereophylla (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania
  • Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz - from South Africa to Saudi Arabia, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia, etc.
  • Bonatea volkensiana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2813943 entry