Bullockia is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Rubiaceae

Rubiaceae

The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...

. It was originally descripted as a subgenus of Canthium

Canthium

Canthium is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are shrubs and small trees. The leaves are deciduous and the stems are usually thorny.-Distribution:They are native to India, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa.-Taxonomy:...

. The genus is distributed in eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

 in bushland, woodland, savannas, and dry, deciduous forests. There are at least eight species.

Species

This list is incomplete as there are still undescribed species from Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

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• Bullockia dyscriton (Bullock) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
• Bullockia fadenii (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
• Bullockia impressinervia (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
• Bullockia mombazensis (Baill.
  Henri Ernest Baillon
  Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
  
  ) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
• Bullockia pseudosetiflora (Bridson) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer
• Bullockia setiflora (Hiern
  William Philip Hiern
  William Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...
  
  ) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer