Gonostemon
| Gonostemon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gonostemon |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Stapeliae |
| Genus: | Gonostemon Haw. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Stapelia sect. Gonostemon (Haw.) Haw. | |
Gonostemon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.[2][3]
- Accepted species[4]
Over 70 names have been published for species assigned to Gonostemon, most of the regarded as "unresolved," i.e., of uncertain affiliation. Only the following 3 are listed as "accepted" by the Plant List maintained by Kew Gardens in London
- Gonostemon fissirostris (Jacq.) P.V. Heath - southern Africa
- Gonostemon grandiflorus (N.E. Br.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. - southern Africa
- Gonostemon rubiginosa (Nel) P.V. Heath - Little Namaqualand
- formerly included
moved to another genus (Stapelia)
- G. giganteus now Stapelia gigantea
- G. giganteus var. nobilis now Stapelia nobilis
- G. macowanii now Stapelia macowanii
- G. parvulus now Stapelia parvula
- G. pulvinatus now Stapelia pulvinata
- G. schinzii var. angolensis now Stapelia schinzii var. angolensis
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum 27.
- ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ↑ The Plant List, genus Gonostemon
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