Stenomeris

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Stenomeris
Species: S. borneensis – S. dioscoreifolia
Name

Stenomeris Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 319 (1852)

Type species: Stenomeris dioscoreifolia Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 320 (1852)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Halloschulzia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 705 (1891)

References

Planchon, J.E. (1852) Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 3 18: 319. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Stenomeris (Dioscoreaceae) in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Stenomeris (Dioscoreaceae). Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Stenomeris (Dioscoreaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

Stenomeris is a genus of plants in the family Dioscoreaceae. It has two known species, native to Southeast Asia.[1][2] Older systems such as that of Hutchinson placed Stenomeris as the type genus of the family Stenomeridaceae, order Dioscoreales (Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.).[3][4]

Stenomeris borneensis Oliv. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra, Mindanao
Stenomeris dioscoreifolia Planch. - Philippines

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Theoria Syst. Pl.: 66 (1858)
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System: Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.