Biology:Stenomeris

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Stenomeris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Stenomeris
Planch.
Synonyms[1]
  • Halloschulzia Kuntze

Stenomeris is a genus of plants in the family Dioscoreaceae. It has two known species, native to Southeast Asia.[1][2] Older systems such as that of Hutchinson placed Stenomeris as the type genus of the family Stenomeridaceae, order Dioscoreales (Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.).[3][4]

  • Stenomeris borneensis Oliv. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra, Mindanao
  • Stenomeris dioscoreifolia Planch. - Philippines

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Theoria Syst. Pl.: 66 (1858)
  4. U.S. National Plant Germplasm System: Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.

Wikidata ☰ Q5196609 entry