Xenostegia D.F.Austin & Staples

Description of the genus

For descriptions see World Flora Online

Worldwide: 6 species, widespread in Africa, Tropical Asia and Australia.

Botswana: 2 taxa.

Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & StaplesNDescription, Image
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) van Ooststr.N,SW,SEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Xenostegia:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Xenostegia
Flora of Caprivi: Xenostegia
Flora of the DRC: Xenostegia
Flora of Malawi: Xenostegia
Flora of Mozambique: Xenostegia
Flora of Rwanda: Xenostegia
Flora of Zambia: Xenostegia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Xenostegia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Xenostegia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Xenostegia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Xenostegia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Xenostegia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Xenostegia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xenostegia
JSTOR Plant Science: Xenostegia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Xenostegia
Plants of the World Online: Xenostegia
Tropicos: Xenostegia
Wikipedia: Xenostegia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Xenostegia.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2778, retrieved 15 June 2025

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