Stenostelma

Stenostelma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1894.^[2][3] It is native to southern Africa, ranging from Mozambique, Zambia, and Namibia to South Africa.^[1]

Stenostelma
Stenostelma umbelluliferum in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Stenostelma Schltr. (1894)
Synonyms[1]
Krebsia Harv. (1868), nom. illeg.

Six species are accepted:^[1]

• Stenostelma capense Schltr. - South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces) to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
• Stenostelma corniculatum (E. Mey.) Bullock - South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique
• Stenostelma eustegioides (E.Mey.) Bester & Nicholas – Northern Provinces (Gauteng) to Free State and Cape Provinces
• Stenostelma ligulatum Bester & Nicholas – Northern Provinces of South Africa
• Stenostelma periglossoides (Schltr.) Bester & Nicholas – Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Provinces of South Africa
• Stenostelma urceolatum Bester & Nicholas – KwaZulu Natal

formerly included^[4]

Stenostelma eminens (Harv.) Bullock, syn of Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr.

References

1. Stenostelma Schltr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
2. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6. in German + Latin
3. 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).
4. The Plant List