Bosistoa
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Genus: | Bosistoa Bentham, 1873
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Pagetia F. Müller, 1866, non Walcott, 1916 (Trilobita)[1] |
Bosistoa is a genus of Australian plants with 6 species in the family Rutaceae. Most of them are endangered due to forest destruction and encroachment by weeds. They are known colloquially as bonewoods or satinhearts.
Species
- Bosistoa brassii – Brass's Bonewood
- Bosistoa floydii – Five-leaved Bonewood (Near Threatened)
- Bosistoa medicinalis (syn. B. monostylis) – Eumundi Bonewood– Medicine Bonewood
- Bosistoa pentacocca – Ferny-leaf Bosistoa or Native Almond
- Bosistoa transversa (syn. B. selwynii) – Three-leaved Bosistoa or Yellow Satinheart (Vulnerable)
They occur in New South Wales and Queensland.
Species previously assigned to Bosistoa
- B. euodiiformis = Acradenia euodiiformis
References
- ^ Hartley, T.G. (1977). "A revision of the genus Bosistoa (Rutacaea)" (PDF). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 58: 416–436.