''Stephanostegia'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
first described as a genus in 1888. The entire genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
* '']Stephanostegia capuronii
''Stephanostegia capuronii'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
The Latin specific epithet
In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomen ...
'' Markgr. - E Madagascar
* '' Stephanostegia hildebrandtii'' Baill. - N + W Madagascar
References
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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