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Stigmatorhynchus

Stigmatorhynchus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1913. It is native to Africa.SpeciesStigmatorhynchus hereroensis Schltr. - Damaraland region of Namibia Stigmatorhynchus steleostigma (K. Schum.) Schltr. - Somalia Stigmatorhynchus umbelliferus (K. Schum.) Schltr. - Tanzania

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Stigmatorhynchus
Stimatorhynchus hereroensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Stigmatorhynchus
Schltr.

Stigmatorhynchus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1913.1 It is native to Africa.2

Species3
  1. Stigmatorhynchus hereroensis Schltr. - Damaraland region of Namibia
  2. Stigmatorhynchus steleostigma (K. Schum.) Schltr. - Somalia
  3. Stigmatorhynchus umbelliferus (K. Schum.) Schltr. - Tanzania4
References

References

  1. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1913. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 51: 141 in German + Latin
  2. 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).
  3. The Plant List
  4. Tropicos specimen list for S. umbellifer