Stemonaceae

Stemona Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 404 (1790)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Japan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Li, J.X. & al. (2018). Species delimination of Stemona (Stemonaceae) based on sequences of five placid DNA regions. Phytotaxa 374: 291-296.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Winit] [1680] Thailand K002775693 No
Poilane, E. [20123] Laos K002775691 No
Pooma, R.; Chaemchumroon, V.; Chantaboon, P. [3548] Thailand K002775686 No
{Imin, K.; Mohd. Nazri, A.; Ong, P.T.; Ummul-Nazrah, A.R.; Ummul-Nazrah, A.R.} [FRI 81158] Malaysia K002775611 Yes
[Ta Chang]; Korall. [s.n.] Thailand K002775692 No
Putt. [2817] Thailand K002775690 No
Griffiths Indonesia K:SPC-07655.000 No
Niyomdam, C.; Puudjaa, P. [7153] Thailand K002775624 Yes
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S. [KL 33974] Thailand K002775687 No
Sørensen, Th.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [3123] Thailand K002775689 No
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1085] Thailand K002775688 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0