''Bolusiella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s from the orchid family,

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

and the

Comoro Islands The Comoro Islands or Comoros ( Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northw ...

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/ref> ''Bolusiella'' are often very small, no more than a few centimeters tall. They exhibit

monopodial Vascular plants with monopodial growth habits grow upward from a single point. They add leaves to the apex each year and the stem grows longer accordingly. The word ''Monopodial'' is derived from Greek "mono-", ''one'' and "podial", "foot", in refe ...

growth.

Species and subspecies

The following are accepted as of May 2014: * ''

Bolusiella fractiflexa ''Bolusiella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoro Islands. ''Bolusiella'' are often very small, no more than a f ...

'' Droissart, Stévart & Verlynde - Cameroon, Rwanda to Burundi * '' Bolusiella iridifolia'' (Rolfe) Schltr. **''Bolusiella iridifolia ''subsp''. iridifolia'' - from Ivory Coast east to Ethiopia and Tanzania, south to Angola and Zimbabwe; also Comoros **''Bolusiella iridifolia ''subsp''. picea'' P.J.Cribb - from Burundi and Kenya south to Zimbabwe * ''

Bolusiella maudiae ''Bolusiella'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoro Islands. ''Bolusiella'' are often very small, no more than a f ...

'' (Bolus) Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Tanzania, south to KwaZulu-Natal * '' Bolusiella talbotii'' (Rendle) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - from Sierra Leone to Tanzania * '' Bolusiella zenkeri'' (Kraenzl.) Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Gabon

References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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* Vandeae genera Orchids of Africa Flora of the Comoros Angraecinae {{Vandeae-stub

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