Schistonema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Oxypetalinae
Genus: Schistonema
Species: S. weberbaueri
Name

Schistonema Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 604 (1906)

monotypic taxon

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 604–605.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Schistonema in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Schistonema. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 24 2017.
Rapini, A., Pereira, J.F. & Goyder, D.J. 2011. Towards a stable generic circumscription in Oxypetalinae (Apocynaceae). Phytotaxa 26(1): 9–16. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.26.1.2 PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Schistonema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 24.

Schistonema is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1906.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Schistonema weberbaueri, native to the Cajamarca region of Peru.[3]
References

Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 604–605 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos, genus Schistonema
León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.