Stauranthera

Stauranthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:	Didymocarpoideae
Genus:	Stauranthera Benth. (1835)[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Anomorhegmia Meisn. (1840) Cyananthus Griff. (1854), nom. illeg. Miquelia Blume (1838), nom. illeg. Quintilia Endl. (1841)

Stauranthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Bangladesh, the Nicobar Islands, Assam, the eastern Himalayas, south-central and southeast China (including Hainan), Southeast Asia, and Malesia to New Guinea.[2] It is very close morphologically and genetically to Loxonia.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

• Stauranthera argyrescens Hallier f.
• Stauranthera coerulea (Blume) Merr.
• Stauranthera floribunda F.Su, C.Y.Hao & K.Tan
• Stauranthera grandifolia Benth.
• Stauranthera ionantha Hallier f.
• Stauranthera novoguineensis B.L.Burtt
• Stauranthera parvifolia S.Moore
• Stauranthera umbrosa (Griff.) C.B.Clarke

References

1. Scroph. Ind.: 57 (1835)
2. "Stauranthera Benth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
3. Mayer, V.; Moller, M.; Perret, M.; Weber, A. (2003). "Phylogenetic position and generic differentiation of Epithemateae (Gesneriaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data". American Journal of Botany. 90 (2): 321–329. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.2.321. PMID 21659123.