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Boscia
Boscia foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Capparaceae
Genus:	Boscia Lam. (1793)
Synonyms
Podoria Pers. (1806)

Boscia angustifolia - MHNT

Boscia is a genus of plants in the family Capparaceae. It contains the following species:

• Boscia albitrunca (Burch) Gilg & Ben.
• Boscia angustifolia A. Rich.
• Boscia arabica Pestalozii
• Boscia caffra Sond.
• Boscia coriacea Pax
• Boscia corymbosa Gilg
• Boscia fadeniorum Fici
• Boscia filipes Gilg
• Boscia firma Radlk.
• Boscia foetida Schinz
• Boscia longifolia Hadj-Moust.
• Boscia longipedicellata Gilg.
• Boscia madagascariensis (DC.) Hadj-Moust.
• Boscia microphylla Oliv.
• Boscia minimifolia Chiov.
• Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch
• Boscia octandra Hochst. ex Radlk.
• Boscia oleoides (Burch. ex DC.) Toelken
• Boscia pestalozziana Glig
• Boscia peuchellii Kuntze
• Boscia plantefolii Hadj-Moust.
• Boscia polyantha sensu Roessler
• Boscia rautanenii Schinz
• Boscia rehmanniana Pestal.
• Boscia reticulata Hochst. ex A. Rich.
• Boscia rotundifolia Pax
• Boscia salicifolia Oliv.
• Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir.
• Boscia tenuifolia A. Chev.
• Boscia tomentella Chiov.
• Boscia tomentosa Toelken
• Boscia transvaalensis Pest.
• Boscia weltwitschii Gilg

References

• Missouri Botanical Garden TROPICOS Nomenclatural Database, referenced 30 December 2007
• Boscia in West African plants – A Photo Guide.