Stenostelma

Stenostelma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1894.[2][3] It is native to southern Africa, ranging from Mozambique, Zambia, and Namibia to South Africa.[1]

Stenostelma
Stenostelma umbelluliferum in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Stenostelma
Schltr. (1894)
Synonyms[1]

Krebsia Harv. (1868), nom. illeg.

Six species are accepted:[1]

  • Stenostelma capense Schltr. - South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces) to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
  • Stenostelma corniculatum (E. Mey.) Bullock - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique
  • Stenostelma eustegioides (E.Mey.) Bester & Nicholas – Northern Provinces (Gauteng) to Free State and Cape Provinces
  • Stenostelma ligulatum Bester & Nicholas – Northern Provinces of South Africa
  • Stenostelma periglossoides (Schltr.) Bester & Nicholas – Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Provinces of South Africa
  • Stenostelma urceolatum Bester & Nicholas – KwaZulu Natal
formerly included[4]

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

References
  1. Stenostelma Schltr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6. in German + Latin
  3. 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).
  4. The Plant List
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