# Stayneria

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Stayneria neilii 15272840.jpg
|image_caption = ''Stayneria neilii''
|display_parents = 3
|genus = Stayneria
|parent_authority = [L.Bolus](/source/L.Bolus)
|species = neilii
|authority = (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=Species>{{cite POWO |id=58099-1 |title=''Stayneria neilii'' (L.Bolus) L.Bolus |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> 
|synonyms = {{species list
|Ruschia neilii |L.Bolus
|Stayneria littlewoodii |L.Bolus }}
}}

'''''Stayneria''''' (or 'white-flowered mesemb'<ref>{{cite web |title=White-flowered Mesemb (''Stayneria neilii'') |url=https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/594778-Stayneria-neilii |website=iNaturalist Canada |access-date=18 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=White-Flowered Mesemb (''Stayneria neilii'') - Plants {{!}} Candide Gardening |url=https://candide.com/GB/plants/50acb81e-09bf-4744-ba07-0710ef0a4a3d |website=Candide |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>) is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Aizoaceae](/source/Aizoaceae).<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Stayneria L.Bolus {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1065-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It contains a single species, '''''Stayneria neilii'''''.<ref name="POWO" /> It is in the subfamily Ruschioideae and the tribe Ruschieae.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartmann |first1=H. E. K. |title=Aizoaceae |date=January 2017 |pages=1177–1178}}</ref>

It is native to the [Cape Provinces](/source/Cape_Provinces) of the South African Republic.<ref name="POWO" /> It grows on acid, quartzitic sandstone soil among rocks with taller shrubby vegetation.<ref name=pza/>

==Conservation status==
It is listed as [Vulnerable](/source/Vulnerable_species) on the IUCN Red Data List due to habitat loss caused by the expansion of nearby [vineyards](/source/vineyards).<ref name=pza/>

==Description==
''Stayneria neilii'' is a stout woody shrub of up to 1.5 m in height, bearing reddish brown stems with persistent hardened remains of old leaves. The stem-clasping leaves are dark green, three-sided with a sharp bottom edge and smell like berries. Fragrant leaves in the Aizoaceae family are uncommon and therefore this is an almost unique characteristic rarely found in other genera. Small daisy-like white to pink flowers are arranged in terminal groups of three to seven and borne during the winter and early spring (July to September in the southern hemisphere).<ref name=pza>{{Cite web|title=Stayneria neilii {{!}} PlantZAfrica|url=http://pza.sanbi.org/stayneria-neilii|access-date=2021-06-27|website=pza.sanbi.org}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
The genus name of ''Stayneria'' is in honour of Frank J. Stayner (1907–1981), a South African horticulturist and specialist in succulents. He was also the curator at the [Karoo](/source/Karoo) botanical garden.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stayneria {{!}} CasaBio |url=https://casabio.org/taxa/stayneria |website=casabio.org |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The Latin [specific epithet](/source/binomial_nomenclature) of ''neilii'' refers to the 20th century South African dairy farmer and nurseryman Mr Neil.<ref name=pza/> The genus was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.27 on page 47 in 1960.<ref name="POWO"/> The species was published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.33 on page 306 in 1967.<ref name=Species/>

The genus is recognized by the [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture) and the [Agricultural Research Service](/source/Agricultural_Research_Service), but they do not list any known species.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genus ''Stayneria'' L. Bolus |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=11488 |website=npgsweb.ars-grin.gov |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Aizoaceae
Category:Aizoaceae genera
Category:Plants described in 1845
Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Taxa named by Louisa Bolus
Category:Monotypic Caryophyllales genera

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