Stipecoma Explained

Stipecoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. It contains only one known species, Stipecoma peltigera, native to Brazil and Bolivia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

formerly included in the genus^[1]

• Stipecoma macrocalyx (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Peltastes macrocalyx (Müll.Arg.) Woodson
• Stipecoma mucronata Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
• Stipecoma ovata Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
• Stipecoma parabolica Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
• Stipecoma peltata (Vell.) Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
• Stipecoma plicata (A.DC.) Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
• Stipecoma pulchra Miers = Peltastes pulcher (Miers) J.F.Morales
• Stipecoma speciosa Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=197654 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Zappi, D.C. & al. (2003). Lista das plantas vasculares de Catoles. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 345-398.
3. Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XX: monogrfía del género Peltastes (Apocynoideae, Echiteae), con una sinopsis de Stipecoma (Apocynoideae, Echiteae). Candollea 60: 289-334.