Bolusiella


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 few centimeters tall. They exhibit monopodial growth.

Species and subspecies

The following are accepted as of May 2014:Bolusiella fractiflexa Droissart, Stévart & Verlynde - Cameroon, Rwanda to BurundiBolusiella iridifolia 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 ZimbabweBolusiella maudiae Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Tanzania, south to KwaZulu-NatalBolusiella talbotii Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - from Sierra Leone to TanzaniaBolusiella zenkeri Schltr. - from Ivory Coast east to Gabon