Simira standleyi is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the tropical forests of Ecuador.

Simira standleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Simira
Species:
S. standleyi
Binomial name
Simira standleyi
(Little) Steyerm.
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Simira standleyi (Little) Steyerm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 November 2023.