Bullockia (plant) explained

Bullockia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was originally described as a subgenus of Canthium.^[1] The genus is distributed in eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to Transvaal, as well as Madagascar in bushland, woodland, savannas, and dry, deciduous forests.^[2]

Etymology

Bullockia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus Buckollia. The former name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist Arthur Allman Bullock.^[3]

Species

Additional material has been reported from Madagascar, but at the moment remains undescribed.^[2]

• Bullockia dyscriton (Bullock) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Kenya, Tanzania
• Bullockia fadenii (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Kenya
• Bullockia impressinervia (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Tanzania
• Bullockia mombazensis (Baill.) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Bullockia pseudosetiflora (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda
• Bullockia setiflora (Hiern) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Natal, Transvaal

External links

• Bullockia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Notes and References

1. Bridson DM. 1987. Studies in African Rubiaceae-Vanguerieae: a new circumscription of Pyrostria and a new subgenus, Canthium subgen. Bullockia. Kew Bulletin. 42. 3. 611–639. 10.2307/4110068. 4110068.
2. Razafimandimbison SG, Lantz H, Mouly A, Bremer B. 2009. Evolutionary trends, major lineages, and new generic limits in the dioecious group of the tribe Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae): insights into the evolution of functional dioecy. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96. 1. 161–181. 10.3417/2006191. 86065468.
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée . 2018-06-06 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin . A13 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . de . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 .