Stonesia Explained

Stonesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.^[1]

It is native to Guinea and Cameroon.

The genus name of Stonesia is in honour of Margaret Stones (1920 - 2018), an Australian botanical illustrator.^[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. Vol.1 on page 59 in 1953.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Stonesia fascicularis
• Stonesia ghoguei
• Stonesia gracilis
• Stonesia heterospathella
• Stonesia taylorii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stonesia G.Taylor Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 23 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.