Stonesia

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Stonesia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Podostemaceae
Genus: Stonesia
G.Taylor

Stonesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae. [1]

It is native to Guinea and Cameroon. [1]

The genus name of Stonesia is in honour of Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018), an Australian botanical illustrator. [2] It was first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 59 in 1953. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stonesia G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 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.