Bosea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Bosea

Species: B. amherstiana – B. cannabina – B. cypria – B. yervamora
Name

Bosea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 225. (1753)

Type species: Bosea yervamora L.

Synonyms

Rodetia Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 323. (1849)
Type species: Rodetia amherstiana Moq.
Yervamora Ludw. ex Kuntze, Defin. pl. (1737) 126, ex Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 545. (1891), nom. illeg. superfl.
Type species: Yervamora canariensis Kuntze

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 225. Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 323
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 545

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bosea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Bosea. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bosea. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 31 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bosea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul. 2019.

Vernacular names
suomi: Poukkiot

Bosea The genus of evergreen, woody shrubs contains 3 species that are geographically widely separated; one in the Canary Islands, one in Cyprus and one in the western Himalayas.[1] The species have many crowded cane-like stems from ground level grow to medium to tall shrubs, smallish simple leaves with smooth margins, and tiny white-to-green flowers in branched spikes at end of branches. The fruits are small berries, which have varied local uses as food plants and in traditional medicine.
Contents

1 Cultivation
2 Species
3 References
4 External links

Cultivation

Although rarely found in cultivation they are easily grown in any well-drained soil in full sun or warm sheltered position in climates from cool temperate to temperate. They re-sprout vigorously after being cut back and can be grown as an ornamental or informal kind of hedge. They can be propagated from cuttings, seed or root division.[2][3]
Species

The three species in the genus:[1]

Bosea amherstiana
Bosea cypria
Bosea yervamora

References

Iamonico, D. (2013, December). Lectotypification of the Linnaean name Bosea yervamora (Amaranthaceae). Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid Vol. 70, No. 2, pp. 187-188.
*Ellison, D. (1995). Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland. 1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International.
Lord, T. (2003). Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36435-5