Stoeberia

Stoeberia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.[1]

Stoeberia
Stoeberia fructescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Stoeberia
Dinter & Schwantes
Synonyms

Ruschianthemum Friedrich

It is native to Namibia and also the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.[1]

The genus name of Stoeberia is in honour of Ernst Stoeber (1889–1927?), a German teacher and botanist in Lüderitz in present-day Namibia.[2] It was first described and published in Z. Sukkulentenk. Vol.3 on page 17 in 1927.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Stoeberia arborea van Jaarsv.
  • Stoeberia beetzii (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes
  • Stoeberia carpii Friedrich
  • Stoeberia frutescens (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv.
  • Stoeberia giftbergensis (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv.
  • Stoeberia gigas (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes
  • Stoeberia utilis (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv.

References
  1. "Stoeberia Dinter & Schwantes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. 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.
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