Stemona

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Stemonaceae
Genus: Stemona
Species (24):
S. angusta – S. aphylla – S. australiana – S. burkillii – S. cochinchinensis – S. collinsiae – S. curtisii – S. griffithiana – S. hutanguriana – S. involuta – S. japonica – S. javanica – S. kerrii – S. kurzii – S. lucida – S. mairei – S. parviflora – S. phyllantha – S. pierrei – S. prostrata – S. rupestris – S. sessilifolia – S. squamigera – S. tuberosa
Name

Stemona Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 404 (1790)

Type species: Stemona tuberosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 404 (1790)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Roxburghia Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 29 (1795)

References

Loureiro, J. de 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 401, 404. BHL.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Stemona in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Stemona in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Stemona. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Stemona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26.

Stemona is a genus of vines and subshrubs in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1790.[3][4]

Stemona is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and northern Australia.[2][5]

Species

S. angusta I.Telford - Qld
S. aphylla Craib - Thailand
S. australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright NG, NT, WA, Qld
S. burkillii Prain - Thailand, Myanmar
S. cochinchinensis Gagnep. - Vietnam
S. collinsiae Craib - Thailand, Vietnam
S. curtisii Hook.f. - Sri Lanka, Nicobar, Thailand, Lepar
S. griffithiana Kurz - Myanmar
S. hutanguriana Chuakul - Thailand
S. involuta Inthachub - Thailand
S. japonica (Blume) Miquel - SE China, Japan
S. javanica (Kunth) Engl. - Java, Maluku, Bismarck, NG
S. kerrii Craib - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam
S. kurzii Prain - Myanmar
S. lucida (R.Br.) Duyfjes - Qld, NG, Philippines
S. mairei (H.Léveillé) K.Krause - Sichuan, Yunnan
S. parviflora C.H.Wright - Hainan
S. phyllantha Gagnep. - Thailand
S. pierrei Gagnep. - Vietnam, Laos
S. prostrata I.Telford - NT
S. temona rupestris Inthachub - Thailand
S. sessilifolia (Miq.) Miq. - SE China
S. squamigera Gagnep. - Laos
S. tuberosa Lour. - China, Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, New Guinea

Fossil record

2 fossil seeds of †Stemona germanica from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic. Fossil seeds of Stemona germanica have also been recorded from the nearby Hartau in Germany. Stemona fossil seeds are recorded from many European sites ranging in ages from the Maastrichtian to the Late Miocene.[6]

Cultivation and uses

Stemona tuberosa (Chinese: 百部; pinyin: bǎi bù), is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

References

1892 illustration by J.N. Fitch (d. 1927) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.118 [ser. 3:v.48] (1892)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Loureiro, João de. 1790. Flora cochinchinensis : sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi imperio, Africa Orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale Linnaeanum 2: 401, 404 in Latin
Tropicos, Stemona Lour.
Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 70 百部属 bai bu shu Stemona Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2: 401, 404. 1790.
A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118