Dichostemma Explained

Dichostemma is a flowering plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1896.^{[1] [2]} It is native to tropical western and central Africa.^{[3] [4]}

Species^[3]

1. Dichostemma glaucescens Pierre - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Dichostemma zenkeri Pax - Cameroon

Notes and References

1. Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 1259
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029814 Tropicos Dichostemma Pierre
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=61353 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.