Stephanostema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1904. It contains only one known species, Stephanostema stenocarpum, found only in the Uzaramo District in eastern Tanzania.[1]
Stephanostema | |
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Botanical specimen. The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
Tribe: | Wrightieae |
Genus: | Stephanostema K.Schum. |
Species: | S. stenocarpum
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Binomial name | |
Stephanostema stenocarpum |
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