Stenostelma

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: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Stenostelma
Species: S. capense – S. corniculatum
Name

Stenostelma Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 6 (1894)

Type species: Stenostelma capense Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 6 (1894)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Krebsia Harv., Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 233 (1868), nom. illeg.

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Stenostelma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Stenostelma. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Stenostelma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sept. 2017.

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]

Stenostelma capense Schltr. - Northern Cape Province
Stenostelma carinatum (Schltr.) Bullock - KwaZulu-Natal
Stenostelma corniculatum (E. Mey.) Bullock - Eastern Cape Province
Stenostelma umbelluliferum (Schltr.) Bester & Nicholas - Gauteng Province

formerly included[3]

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

Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6. in German + Latin
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).
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