''Stapfiella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Passifloraceae The Passifloraceae are a family of flowering plants, containing about 750 species classified in around 27 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas, and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions. The family takes its name from t ...

. It is also in the Subfamily ''Turneroideae''. Its native range is Africa; it is found in Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaïre. The genus name of ''Stapfiella'' is in honour of Otto Stapf (1857–1933), an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist. 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.

Known species

According to Kew;

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9079604 Passifloraceae Passifloraceae genera Plants described in 1913 Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Afromontane flora Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg