Coleonema

Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often referred to as Diosma.[1]

Coleonema
Coleonema pulchrum 'Aurea' (Golden Diosma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Genus:
Coleonema
Species

See text.

Species include:

  • Coleonema album (Thunb.) Bartl. & J.C. Wendl. Cape May, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe[2]
  • Coleonema aspalathoides Juss. ex Don, confetti bush[3]
  • Coleonema calycinum (Steud.) I.Williams confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe[4]
  • Coleonema pulchellum I.Williams confetti bush, buchu[5]
  • Coleonema pulchrum
  • Coleonema virgatum

References
  1. Page Susan and Olds Margaret (managing editors) (1997). Botanica, The illustrated A-Z of over 10,000 garden plants and how to cultivate them. Random House Australia. p. 245. ISBN 0-09-183201-2.
  2. "Coleonema album". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  3. "Coleonema aspalathoides". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  4. "Coleonema calycinum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  5. "Coleonema pulchellum". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2008-04-04.


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