Stapfiella

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Stapfiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Turneroideae
Genus: Stapfiella
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Stapfiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. [1] It is also in the Subfamily Turneroideae.

Its native range is Africa; it is found in Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaïre. [1]

The genus name of Stapfiella is in honour of Otto Stapf (1857–1933), an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist. [2] It was first described and published in G.W.J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. Vol.2 on page 571 in 1913. [1]

Known species

According to Kew; [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stapfiella Gilg | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.