Bonatea (plant)

Bonatea
Bonatea antennifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Bonatea Willd.[1]
Type species
Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd.

Bonatea is a genus of orchids native to tropical and southern Africa, with one species extending into Yemen and Saudi Arabia.[2]

Species currently recognized as of May 2014:[2]

• Bonatea antennifera Rolfe - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe
• Bonatea boltonii (Harv.) Bolus - South Africa
• Bonatea cassidea Sond. - South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
• Bonatea lamprophylla J.Stewart - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
• Bonatea polypodantha (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus - South Africa
• Bonatea porrecta (Bolus) Summerh. - South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Eswatini
• Bonatea pulchella Summerh. - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal
• Bonatea rabaiensis (Rendle) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania
• Bonatea saundersioides (Kraenzl. & Schltr.) Cortesi - Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini
• Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. - South Africa, Mozambique
• Bonatea stereophylla (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania
• Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz - from South Africa to Saudi Arabia, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia, etc.
• Bonatea volkensiana (Kraenzl.) Rolfe in D.Oliver - Kenya, Tanzania

References

1. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4: 5. 43.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

• Media related to Bonatea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bonatea at Wikispecies