Simira standleyi is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the tropical forests of Ecuador.
Simira standleyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Simira |
Species: | S. standleyi
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Binomial name | |
Simira standleyi (Little) Steyerm.
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Synonyms | |
Sickingia standleyi Little in Phytologia 18: 204 (1969) |
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).
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Simira standleyi (Little) Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 November 2023.