Stauranthera

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Epithemateae
Subtribus: Loxoniinae
Genus: Stauranthera
Species: S. argyrescens – S. coerulea – S. grandifolia – S. ionantha – S. novoguineensis – S. parvifolia – S. umbrosa
Name

Stauranthera Benth., Scroph. Ind. 57. (1835)

Type species: Stauranthera grandifolia Benth., Scroph. Ind. 57. (1835)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Anomorhegmia Meisn.
Cyananthus Griff. non Cyananthus Wall. ex Benth. in J.F.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 309 (1836), nom. cons. (Campanulaceae)
Miquelia Blume non Miquelia Meisn. Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 152. (1838) (Icacinaceae)
Quintilia Endl. non Quintilia Stål, (1866) (Cicadidae)

References

Bentham, G. 1835. Scrophularineae Indicae 57.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stauranthera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Stauranthera. Published online. Accessed: July 19 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Stauranthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 19.

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 grandifolia Benth.
Stauranthera ionantha Hallier f.
Stauranthera novoguineensis B.L.Burtt
Stauranthera parvifolia S.Moore
Stauranthera umbrosa (Griff.) C.B.Clarke

References

Scroph. Ind.: 57 (1835)
"Stauranthera Benth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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.