Stathmostelma

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Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Stathmostelma
Stathmostelma fornicatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Stathmostelma
Schltr.

Stathmostelma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1893.[1] It is native to 15 African countries starting in Cameroon to Ethiopia and Botswana.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Stathmostelma angustatum K.Schum. - Ethiopia
  2. Stathmostelma fornicatum (N.E.Br.) Bullock - Malawi
  3. Stathmostelma gigantiflorum K. Schum. - Tanzania
  4. Stathmostelma incarnatum K.Schum. - Angola, S Zaire
  5. Stathmostelma nomadacridum Bullock - Tanzania
  6. Stathmostelma pauciflorum K.Schum. - Mozambique
  7. Stathmostelma propinquum (N.E.Br.) Schltr. - E Africa
  8. Stathmostelma rhacodes K.Schum. - E Africa
  9. Stathmostelma spectabile (N.E.Br.) Schltr. - E Africa
  10. Stathmostelma welwitschii Britten & Rendle - Angola
  11. Stathmostelma wildemanianum T.Durand & H.Durand - C Africa
  12. Stathmostelma diversifolium Goyder - S. Ethiopia to N. Tanzania
  13. Stathmostelma gigantiflorum K.Schum - Kenya to E. Zambia
formerly included
  1. S. crassinerve, syn of Asclepias crassinervis
  2. S. nuttii, syn of Asclepias nuttii
  3. S. pedunculatum, syn of Asclepias aurea
  4. S. verdickii, syn of Asclepias stathmostelmoides

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