Stilbe (plant)

Stilbe
Stilbe ericoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Stilbaceae
Genus: Stilbe
P.J.Bergius
Type species
Stilbe vestita
Synonyms
  • Luehea F.W.Schmidt 1801, illegitimate name, not Willd. 1801 (Malvaceae)
  • Eurylobium Hochst.
  • Xeroplana Briq.

The plant genus Stilbe was described in 1767, originally as being in the Verbenaceae, but the genus now is placed in the family Stilbaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa.