Diosma

Diosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Zanthoxyloideae
Genus:	Diosma L.[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Aestuaria (L.) Schaeff.

For the ornamental plant commonly known as diosma, see Coleonema pulchellum.

Diosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[2] The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.^[1]

Species

As of September 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

• Diosma acmaeophylla Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Diosma apetala (Dümmer) I.Williams
• Diosma arenicola I.Williams
• Diosma aristata I.Williams
• Diosma aspalathoides Lam.
• Diosma awilana I.Williams
• Diosma demissa I.Williams
• Diosma dichotoma P.J.Bergius
• Diosma echinulata I.Williams
• Diosma fallax I.Williams
• Diosma guthriei Glover
• Diosma haelkraalensis I.Williams
• Diosma hirsuta L.
• Diosma meyeriana Spreng.
• Diosma oppositifolia L.
• Diosma parvula I.Williams
• Diosma passerinoides Steud.
• Diosma pedicellata I.Williams
• Diosma pilosa I.Williams
• Diosma prama I.Williams
• Diosma ramosissima Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
• Diosma recurva Cham.
• Diosma rourkei I.Williams
• Diosma sabulosa I.Williams
• Diosma strumosa I.Williams
• Diosma subulata J.C.Wendl.
• Diosma tenella I.Williams
• Diosma thyrsophora Eckl. & Zeyh.

References

1. "Diosma L.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-09-20
2. "Diosma L.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-20