Simira standleyi

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Simira standleyi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Simira
Species:
S. standleyi
Binomial name
Simira standleyi
(Little) Steyerm.
Synonyms

Sickingia standleyiLittle in Phytologia 18: 204 (1969)

Simira standleyi is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the tropical forests of Ecuador.

It was first published by American botanist Julian Alfred Steyermark in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 309 in 1972, based on an earlier description by Elbert Luther Little in 1989. [2] The specific epithet of standleyi refers to American botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884– 1963).


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References

  1. Jaramillo, T.; Cornejo, X.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Simira standleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T46113A11034571. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46113A11034571.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Simira standleyi (Little) Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 November 2023.