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Stephanostema

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Stephanostema
Botanical specimen. The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden at Kaisaniemi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Wrightieae
Genus: Stephanostema
K.Schum.
Species:
S. stenocarpum
Binomial name
Stephanostema stenocarpum

Stephanostema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1904. It contains only one known species, Stephanostema stenocarpum, found only in the Uzaramo District in eastern Tanzania.[1]

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