Glossostelma is a plant genus in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
, first described as a genus in 1895. It is native to Africa .
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# '' Glossostelma angolense'' Schltr. - Angola
# '' Glossostelma brevilobum'' Goyder - Zaïre, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi
# '' Glossostelma cabrae'' (De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
# '' Glossostelma carsonii'' (N.E.Br.) Bullock - Gabon
# '' Glossostelma ceciliae'' (N.E.Br.) Goyder - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
# '' Glossostelma erectum'' (De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
# '' Glossostelma lisianthoides'' (Decne.) Bullock - Angola
# '' Glossostelma mbisiense'' Goyder - Tanzania
# '' Glossostelma nyikense'' Goyder - Malawi, Zambia
# '' Glossostelma rusapense'' Goyder - Zimbabwe
# '' Glossostelma spathulatum'' (K.Schum.) Bullock - Angola
# '' Glossostelma xysmalobioides'' (S.Moore) Bullock - Angola
References
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Apocynaceae genera
Asclepiadoideae