Schlechterina

Schlechterina is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae. The only knowns species is Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.
It is native to Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and KwaZulu-Natal.
The genus name of Schlechterina is in honour of Rudolf Schlechter, a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. The Latin specific epithet of mitostemmatoides is a compound word, 'mito-' from Greek μίτος meaning thread and stem. It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.33 on page 148 in 1902.