Biology:Stegolepis

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Short description: Genus of plants

Stegolepis
Stegolepis guianensis.jpg
Stegolepis guianensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Stegolepis
Klotzsch ex Körn.
Type species
Stegolepis guianensis
Klotzsch ex Körn.

Stegolepis is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1872 .[1][2]

The genus is endemic to northeastern South America, primarily southern Venezuela.[3][4][5]

Species[3]


References

  1. Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 480-482 in Latin
  2. Tropicos, Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Körn.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  5. Maguire, Bassett. 1965. Stegolepis. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 69-89

Wikidata ☰ Q309737 entry