Biology:Stonesia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10374260 entry