Schistonema is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1906.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Schistonema weberbaueri, native to the Cajamarca region of Peru.[3]

Schistonema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Schistonema
Schltr.
Species:
S. weberbaueri
Binomial name
Schistonema weberbaueri
weberbaueri

References edit

  1. ^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 604–605 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Schistonema
  3. ^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.