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.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

Xenostegia pinnata

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
alatipes (Dammer) A.R.Simões & StaplesEDescription, Image
pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & StaplesB,N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) van Ooststr.B,N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Xenostegia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Xenostegia
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 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: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Xenostegia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2778, retrieved 17 December 2025

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