Bolusanthus speciosus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sophoreae
Genus: Bolusanthus
Species: Bolusanthus speciosus
Name

Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms (1906)
Synonyms

Basionym
Lonchocarpus speciosus Bolus J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25: 161. 1889.
Heterotypic
Bolusanthus speciosus f. albescens Yakovlev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 197. 1972.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Gropical Africa
Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
India, Kenya, Uganda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Harms, H. in Fedde, F.K.G. (ed.) 1906. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen. Berlin 2: 15.

Additional references

Brummitt, R.K. & al. (2007). Flora Zambesiaca 3(3): 1-258. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. Published online. Accessed: May 31 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Bolusanthus speciosus. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bolusanthus speciosus. Accessed: 31 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bolusanthus speciosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Vanwykshout, Olifantsboom, Olifantshout
English: Tree wisteria, Wild wisteria, South African wisteria, Rhodesian wisteria, Elephant wood