Stapfiella

Stapfiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. It is also in the Subfamily Turneroideae.

Stapfiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Turneroideae
Genus: Stapfiella
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Its native range is Africa; it is found in Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zaïre.

The genus name of Stapfiella is in honour of Otto Stapf (1857–1933), an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist. It was first described and published in G.W.J. Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. Vol.2 on page 571 in 1913.

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