Stathmostelma

Stathmostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Stathmostelma
Schltr.

Stathmostelma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1893.[1] It is native to Africa.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Stathmostelma angustatum K.Schum. - Ethiopia
  2. Stathmostelma fornicatum (N.E.Br.) Bullock - Malawi
  3. Stathmostelma gigantiflorum K. Schum. - Tanzania
  4. Stathmostelma incarnatum K.Schum. - Angola, S Zaire
  5. Stathmostelma nomadacridum Bullock - Tanzania
  6. Stathmostelma pauciflorum K.Schum. - Mozambique
  7. Stathmostelma propinquum (N.E.Br.) Schltr. - E Africa
  8. Stathmostelma rhacodes K.Schum. - E Africa
  9. Stathmostelma spectabile (N.E.Br.) Schltr. - E Africa
  10. Stathmostelma welwitschii Britten & Rendle - Angola
  11. Stathmostelma wildemanianum T.Durand & H.Durand - C Africa
formerly included
  1. S. crassinerve, syn of Asclepias crassinervis
  2. S. nuttii, syn of Asclepias nuttii
  3. S. pedunculatum, syn of Asclepias aurea
  4. S. verdickii, syn of Asclepias stathmostelmoides

References

  1. ↑ Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1893. Stathmostelma. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 17: 129-132 in German + Latin
  2. ↑ AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.
  3. ↑ The Plant List, Stathmostelma
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