Stonesia

Stonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Podostemaceae
Genus:	Stonesia; G.Taylor

Stonesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.

It is native to Guinea and Cameroon.

The genus name of Stonesia is in honour of Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018), an Australian botanical illustrator. It was first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 59 in 1953.

Known species

According to Kew:

Stonesia fascicularis G.Taylor
Stonesia ghoguei E.Pfeifer & Rutish.
Stonesia gracilis G.Taylor
Stonesia heterospathella G.Taylor
Stonesia taylorii C.Cusset

References

1 2 3 4 "Stonesia G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] 1 2 3 4 "Stonesia G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.