Standleya

Standleya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Standleya ; Brade

Last updated January 28, 2026

Standleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.^[1]

It is native to eastern Brazil.^[1]

The genus name of Standleya is in honour of Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963), an American botanist.^[2] It was first described and published in Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro Vol.34 on page 119 in 1932.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

Standleya erecta Brade
Standleya glomerulata J.G.Jardim & C.B.Costa
Standleya kuhlmannii Brade
Standleya limae Brade
Standleya prostrata (K.Schum.) Brade

References

1 2 3 4 "Standleya Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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[POWO-1] 1 2 3 4 "Standleya Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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