Gonostemon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gonostemon |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Stapeliae |
Genus: |
Gonostemon Haw. |
Synonyms | |
Stapelia sect. Gonostemon (Haw.) Haw. |
Stapelia sect. Gonostemon (Haw.) Haw.
Gonostemon is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812.
Over 70 names have been published for species assigned to Gonostemon, most of the regarded as "unresolved," i.e., of uncertain affiliation. Only the following 3 are listed as "accepted" by the Plant List maintained by Kew Gardens in London
moved to another genus (Stapelia)