Bussea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Bussea
Species
Scientific Name
Bussea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Bussea

Bussea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. 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.

As of August 2023, seven species were accepted:

  • 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
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