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2572.000 Stephania
Description of the genus
Lianes. Leaves simple, peltate. Male inflorescences of false compound umbels; male flowers: sepals 6-8; petals (0-)3-4, free; stamens 2-6, united in a stalked disk. Female inflorescences similar to male. Female flowers: sepals 3-6, free; petals 2-4, free; carpel 1. Drupes ribbed or with minute prickles. Bracts minute, not enlarged in fruit. Derivation of name: named after Christian Stephan (1757-1814), director of Forestry Institute in Petersburg and professor of Botany and Chemistry in Moscow Worldwide: 35 species in the tropical Old World |
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Links to taxa (2) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich.) Walp. var. abyssinica | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich.) Walp. var. tomentella (Oliv.) Diels | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Stephania:
Flora of Mozambique: StephaniaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Stephania
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Stephania
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Stephania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Stephania
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Stephania
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