Stevensia (plant) explained

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.

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:

• Stevensia aculeolata
• Stevensia buxifolia
• Stevensia ebracteata
• Stevensia ekmaniana
• Stevensia farinosa
• Stevensia grandiflora
• Stevensia hotteana
• Stevensia minutifolia
• Stevensia ovatifolia
• Stevensia samanensis
• Stevensia trilobata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stevensia Poit. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 19 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.