Stevensia (plant)

Stevensia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Stevensia
Poit.

Stevensia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1]

It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.[1]

The genus name of Stevensia is in honour of Edward Stevens (1755–1834), an American physician and diplomat.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris Vol.3 on page 137 in 1802.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Stevensia Poit. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 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.