Pleurostelma

Pleurostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Pleurostelma
Baill. 1890 not Schltr. 1895

Pleurostelma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1890.[1][2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Pleurostelma cernuum (Decne.) Bullock - Madagascar, Pemba Island (Green Island) in Tanzania
  2. Pleurostelma schimperi (Vatke) Liede - Ethiopia
formerly included[4]

transferred to Tacazzea

  • Pleurostelma africanum Schltr., synonym of Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E.Br.

References

  1. ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1890. Histoire des Plantes 10: 266 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos genus Pleurostelma
  3. ↑ Bullock, A. A. 1956. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VII. Kew Bulletin 10: 611–626.
  4. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Pleurostelma
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