Schlechterina Mitostemmatoides

Schlechterina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. The only knowns species is Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.It is native to Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and KwaZulu-Natal (in South Africa).The genus name of Schlechterina is in honour of Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925), a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. The Latin specific epithet of mitostemmatoides is a compound word, 'mito-' from Greek μίτος (mítos) meaning thread and stem. It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.33 on page 148 in 1902.

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