Stanmarkia

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Stanmarkia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Stanmarkia
Almeda

Stanmarkia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. [1]

It is native to south-eastern Mexico and Guatemala. [1]

The genus name of Stanmarkia is in honour of 2 American botanists; Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963) and Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988). [2] It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.45 on page 198 in 1993. [1]

Known species

According to Kew: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stanmarkia Almeda | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.