Stonesia

Stonesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.[1]

Stonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Stonesia
G.Taylor

It is native to Guinea and Cameroon.[1]

The genus name of Stonesia is in honour of Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018), an Australian botanical illustrator.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 59 in 1953.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Stonesia fascicularis G.Taylor
  • Stonesia ghoguei E.Pfeifer & Rutish.
  • Stonesia gracilis G.Taylor
  • Stonesia heterospathella G.Taylor
  • Stonesia taylorii C.Cusset

References
  1. "Stonesia G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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