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Stolzia (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Podochileae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Epidendroideae

Subtribe
  
Eriinae

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Stolzia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, with 8 of the 15 known species endemic to Tanzania.

Species accepted as of June 2014:

  1. Stolzia angustifolia Mansf. - Tanzania
  2. Stolzia atrorubra Mansf. - Tanzania
  3. Stolzia christopheri P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  4. Stolzia compacta P.J.Cribb - Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  5. Stolzia cupuligera (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi
  6. Stolzia elaidium (Lindl.) Summerh. - western + central Africa
  7. Stolzia grandiflora P.J.Cribb - central Africa, Ethiopia
  8. Stolzia leedalii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  9. Stolzia moniliformis P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  10. Stolzia nyassana Schltr. - Tanzania
  11. Stolzia oligantha Mansf. - Tanzania
  12. Stolzia peperomioides (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - central Africa
  13. Stolzia repens (Rolfe) Summerh. - widespread from Ghana to Ethiopia to Zimbabwe
  14. Stolzia viridis P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
  15. Stolzia williamsonii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire, Malawi

References

Stolzia (plant) Wikipedia