Pleurostelma
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| Genus: | Pleurostelma Baill. 1890 not Schltr. 1895
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Pleurostelma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1890.[1][2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.[3]
- Species[4]
- Pleurostelma cernuum (Decne.) Bullock - Madagascar, Pemba Island (Green Island) in Tanzania
- Pleurostelma schimperi (Vatke) Liede - Ethiopia
- formerly included[4]
transferred to Tacazzea
- Pleurostelma africanum Schltr., synonym of Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E.Br.
References
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1890. Histoire des Plantes 10: 266 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos genus Pleurostelma
- ^ Bullock, A. A. 1956. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VII. Kew Bulletin 10: 611–626.
- ^ a b The Plant List, genus Pleurostelma