Bolax

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Azorelloideae
Genus: Bolax
Species: B. caespitosa – B. gummifera
Name

Bolax Comm. ex Juss., Gen. Pl. 226. (1789)

Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng., Sp. Umbell. 10. (1818)

References

Commerson, P. 1789. Genera Plantarum 226.
Hassler, M. 2018. Bolax. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bolax. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Bolax in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 30.
Tropicos.org 2014. Bolax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Mar. 2014.

Bolax is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.[2] Two species are currently accepted by Plants of the World Online.[1] It is endemic to temperate South America.[3]

It resembles moss, but is firm and prickly and tends to grow in mounds. It can be found in Tierra del Fuego and on the Falkland Islands.[4]
References

"Bolax". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
"Bolax gummifera Bolax PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
"Bolax (Azorella) gummifera". Xera Plants. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
"Bolax gummifera". Edrom Nurseries. Retrieved 2021-08-08.