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Hoplestigma
Sign in to saveHoplestigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hoplestigmataceae. It is the only genus in the family. It has also been placed in the family Boraginaceae s.l. Its two species are native to Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Liberia in western tropical Africa.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHoplestigmataceae
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Hoplestigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hoplestigmataceae. It is the only genus in the family. It has also been placed in the family Boraginaceae s.l. Its two species are native to Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Liberia in western tropical Africa.
==Taxonomy== The genus Hoplestigma was established by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1899. The genus name Hoplestigma is derived from the Greek , "a hoof or a cloven hoof" and stigma, "a flower stigma". The botanical name is a reference to the deeply bifid style.