Bolusiella

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Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Tribe Vandeae Rank Genus		Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Subtribe Aerangidinae
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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 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 (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

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