Gonostemon

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Gonostemon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gonostemon
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Stapelieae
Genus:
Gonostemon

Haw.
Synonyms[1]

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

  1. (Jacq.) P.V. Heath - southern Africa
  2. (N.E. Br.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. - southern Africa
  3. (Nel) P.V. Heath - Little Namaqualand
formerly included

moved to another genus (Stapelia)

  1. G. giganteus now Stapelia gigantea
  2. G. giganteus var. nobilis now Stapelia nobilis
  3. G. macowanii now
  4. G. parvulus now
  5. G. pulvinatus now
  6. G. schinzii var. angolensis now var. angolensis

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ Haworth, Adrian Hardy. 1812. Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum 27.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Gonostemon
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