Stevensia (plant)

Stevensia
Scientific classification
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]

• Stevensia aculeolata Alain
• Stevensia buxifolia Poit.
• Stevensia ebracteata Urb. & Ekman
• Stevensia ekmaniana Urb.
• Stevensia farinosa Borhidi
• Stevensia grandiflora Alain
• Stevensia hotteana Urb. & Ekman
• Stevensia minutifolia Alain
• Stevensia ovatifolia Urb. & Ekman
• Stevensia samanensis Urb.
• Stevensia trilobata Borhidi

References

1. "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.