Stenostelma

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Stenostelma umbelluliferum 0948.jpg

|image_caption = Stenostelma umbelluliferum in South Africa

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|taxon = Stenostelma

|authority = Schltr. (1894)

|synonyms = Krebsia {{small|Harv. (1868), nom. illeg.}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3725-1 Stenostelma Schltr.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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Stenostelma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1894.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/676#page/696/mode/1up Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1894. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18(Beibl. 45): 6. ] in German + LatinGibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). It is native to southern Africa, ranging from Mozambique, Zambia, and Namibia to South Africa.

Six species are accepted:

;formerly included[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Stenostelma The Plant List]

Stenostelma eminens (Harv.) Bullock, syn of Asclepias eminens (Harv.) Schltr.

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