Stenomeris

Stenomeris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Stenomeris
Planch.
Synonyms[1]

Halloschulzia Kuntze

Stenomeris is a genus of plants in the Dioscoreaceae. It has two known species, native to Southeast Asia.[1][2] Older systems such as that of Hutchinson placed Stenomeris as the type genus of the Stenomeridaceae family, order Dioscoreales (Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.).[3][4]

  1. Stenomeris borneensis Oliv. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra, Mindanao
  2. Stenomeris dioscoreifolia Planch. - Philippines

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ↑ Theoria Syst. Pl.: 66 (1858)
  4. ↑ U.S. National Plant Germplasm System: Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.
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