Glossostelma

Glossostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Stapeliae
Genus: Glossostelma
Schltr.
Type species
Glossostelma angolense
Schltr.

Glossostelma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895.[1] It is native to Africa .[2]

Species
  1. Glossostelma angolense Schltr. - Angola
  2. Glossostelma brevilobum Goyder - Zaïre, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi
  3. Glossostelma cabrae (De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
  4. Glossostelma carsonii (N.E.Br.) Bullock - Gabon
  5. Glossostelma ceciliae (N.E.Br.) Goyder - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
  6. Glossostelma erectum (De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
  7. Glossostelma lisianthoides (Decne.) Bullock - Angola
  8. Glossostelma mbisiense Goyder - Tanzania
  9. Glossostelma nyikense Goyder - Malawi, Zambia
  10. Glossostelma rusapense Goyder - Zimbabwe
  11. Glossostelma spathulatum (K.Schum.) Bullock - Angola
  12. Glossostelma xysmalobioides (S.Moore) Bullock - Angola

References

  1. ↑ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1895, Two new genera of Asclepideae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 33: 321-322, t. 352B
  2. ↑ Tropicos
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