Stegolepis
Stegolepis is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1872 .[1][2]
| Stegolepis | |
|---|---|
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| Stegolepis guianensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae |
| Genus: | Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Körn. |
| Type species | |
| Stegolepis guianensis Klotzsch ex Körn. | |
The genus is endemic to northeastern South America, primarily southern Venezuela.[3][4][5]
- Species[3]
- Stegolepis albiflora - Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas)
- Stegolepis angustata - Bolívar, Guyana
- Stegolepis breweri - Bolívar
- Stegolepis cardonae - Bolívar
- Stegolepis celiae - Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), N Brazil
- Stegolepis choripetala - Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas)
- Stegolepis ferruginea - Guyana
- Stegolepis gleasoniana - Cerro Duida
- Stegolepis grandis - Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas)
- Stegolepis guianensis - Mt. Roraima
- Stegolepis hitchcockii - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Stegolepis huberi - Mt. Roraima
- Stegolepis humilis - Bolívar
- Stegolepis jauaensis - Bolívar
- Stegolepis ligulata - Bolívar
- Stegolepis linearis - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Stegolepis maguireana - Bolívar
- Stegolepis membranacea - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Stegolepis microcephala - Cerro Jaua
- Stegolepis minor - Sierra de Lema
- Stegolepis neblinensis - Sierra de la Neblina
- Stegolepis parvipetala - Bolívar
- Stegolepis pauciflora - Cerro Duida
- Stegolepis perligulata - Bolívar
- Stegolepis piresii - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Stegolepis ptaritepuiensis - Bolívar, Guyana
- Stegolepis pulchella - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Stegolepis pungens - Cerro Duida
- Stegolepis squarrosa - Bolívar
- Stegolepis steyermarkii - Bolívar, Guyana
- Stegolepis terramarensis - Cerro Marahuaka
- Stegolepis vivipara - Bolívar
- Stegolepis wurdackii - Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas)
References
- Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 480-482 in Latin
- Tropicos, Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Körn.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- Maguire, Bassett. 1965. Stegolepis. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 12(3): 69-89
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