Stonesia

Stonesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Podostemaceae.

It is native to Guinea and Cameroon.

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

Known species

According to Kew:

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

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