Bussea
Genus of legumes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bussea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[2] It includes seven species of trees and occasionally shrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana in West Africa, from Gabon and Angola to Tanzania and Mozambique in central Africa, and to Madagascar. Habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forests and thickets, moist semi-deciduous forests, and evergreen rain forest.[1]
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Bussea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Genus: | Bussea Harms |
Species[1] | |
7; see text |
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As of August 2023[update], seven species were accepted:[1]
- Bussea eggelingii Verdc. – Tanzania
- Bussea gossweileri Baker f. – Gabon to northeastern Angola
- Bussea massaiensis (Taub.) Harms – Tanzania and Zambia
- Bussea occidentalis Hutch. – Guinea to Ghana
- Bussea perrieri R.Vig. – western Madagascar
- Bussea sakalava Du Puy & R.Rabev. – northern and Western Madagascar
- Bussea xylocarpa (Sprague) Sprague & Craib – Mozambique