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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Stevensia Poit. |
Stevensia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.
It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.
The genus name of Stevensia is in honour of Edward Stevens (1755–1834), an American physician and diplomat. It was first described and published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris Vol.3 on page 137 in 1802.
Known species
According to Kew:
- Stevensia aculeolata Alain
- Stevensia buxifolia Poit.
- Stevensia ebracteata Urb. & Ekman
- Stevensia ekmaniana Urb.
- Stevensia farinosa Borhidi
- Stevensia grandiflora Alain
- Stevensia hotteana Urb. & Ekman
- Stevensia minutifolia Alain
- Stevensia ovatifolia Urb. & Ekman
- Stevensia samanensis Urb.
- Stevensia trilobata Borhidi
References
- ^ "Stevensia Poit. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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