Stenomeris Explained

Stenomeris is a genus of plants in the family Dioscoreaceae. It has two known species, native to Southeast Asia.^{[1] [2]} Older systems such as that of Hutchinson placed Stenomeris as the type genus of the family Stenomeridaceae, order Dioscoreales (Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.).^{[3] [4]}

• Stenomeris borneensis Oliv. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra, Mindanao
• Stenomeris dioscoreifolia Planch. - Philippines

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=267132 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Theoria Syst. Pl.: 66 (1858)
4. https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=1067 U.S. National Plant Germplasm System: Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh, nom. cons.