Schlechterina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Passifloraceae
Subfamilia: Passifloroideae
Tribu: Passifloreae
Genus: Schlechterina
Species: S. mitostemmatoides
Name

Schlechterina Harms, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33 1: 148 (1902)

monotypic taxon

References
Primary references

Harms, H. 1902. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 33 1: 148.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Schlechterina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Schlechterina. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Schlechterina in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 15.
Tropicos.org 2019. Schlechterina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2019.

Vernacular names

Schlechterina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. The only knowns species is Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.[1]

It is native to Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and KwaZulu-Natal (in South Africa).[1]

The genus name of Schlechterina is in honour of Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids.[2] The Latin specific epithet of mitostemmatoides is a compound word, 'mito-' from Greek μίτος (mítos) meaning thread and stem.[3] It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.33 on page 148 in 1902.[1]
References

"Schlechterina Harms | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.

Other sources

Fernandes, R. & Fernandes, A., 1978. Passifloraceae. In: Launert, E. (Editor). Flora Zambesiaca. Volume 4. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London, United Kingdom. pp. 368–411.
Jäger, A.K., McAlister, B.G. & van Staden, J., 1995. Cyanogenic glycosides in leaves and callus cultures of Schlechterina mitostemmatoides. South African Journal of Botany 61(5): 274–275.
Maite, A.L., 1994. An ethnobotanical study of two Passifloraceae species used in traditional medicine in Mozambique. In: Seyani, J.H. & Chikuni, A.C. (Editors). Proceedings of the 8th plenary meeting of AETFAT, 2–11 April 1991, Zomba, Malawi. Volume 1. pp. 267–271.