Pleurostelma

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]
  1. Pleurostelma cernuum (Decne.) Bullock - Madagascar, Pemba Island in Tanzania
  2. Pleurostelma schimperi (Vatke) Liede - Ethiopia
formerly included[4]

Pleurostelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Pleurostelma

Baill. 1890 not Schltr. 1895

transferred to Tacazzea

  • Pleurostelma africanum Schltr., synonym of Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E.Br.

References
  1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1890. Histoire des Plantes 10: 266 in Latin
  2. Tropicos genus Pleurostelma
  3. Bullock, A. A. 1956. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VII. Kew Bulletin 10: 611–626.
  4. The Plant List, genus Pleurostelma
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