Stenostelma

Stenostelma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1894.[1] It is native to South Africa.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Stenostelma capense Schltr. - Northern Cape Province
  2. Stenostelma carinatum (Schltr.) Bullock - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Stenostelma corniculatum (E. Mey.) Bullock - Eastern Cape Province
  4. Stenostelma umbelluliferum (Schltr.) Bester & Nicholas - Gauteng Province
formerly included[3]

Stenostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Stenostelma
Schltr.

Stenostelma eminens (Harv.) Bullock, syn of Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr.

References

  1. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6. in German + Latin
  2. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  3. The Plant List
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