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Diosma

Diosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to Cape Provinces of South Africa. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

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Diosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Diosma
L.1
Species

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Synonyms2
  • Aestuaria (L.) Schaeff.

Diosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to Cape Provinces of South Africa.2 The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.1

Species

As of September 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:2

  • Diosma acmaeophylla Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Diosma apetala (Dümmer) I.Williams
  • Diosma arenicola I.Williams
  • Diosma aristata I.Williams
  • Diosma aspalathoides Lam.
  • Diosma awilana I.Williams
  • Diosma demissa I.Williams
  • Diosma dichotoma P.J.Bergius
  • Diosma echinulata I.Williams
  • Diosma fallax I.Williams
  • Diosma guthriei Glover
  • Diosma haelkraalensis I.Williams
  • Diosma hirsuta L.
  • Diosma meyeriana Spreng.
  • Diosma oppositifolia L.
  • Diosma parvula I.Williams
  • Diosma passerinoides Steud.
  • Diosma pedicellata I.Williams
  • Diosma pilosa I.Williams
  • Diosma prama I.Williams
  • Diosma ramosissima Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
  • Diosma recurva Cham.
  • Diosma rourkei I.Williams
  • Diosma sabulosa I.Williams
  • Diosma strumosa I.Williams
  • Diosma subulata J.C.Wendl.
  • Diosma tenella I.Williams
  • Diosma thyrsophora Eckl. & Zeyh.
References

References

  1. "Diosma L.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-09-20
  2. "Diosma L.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-20