Stauranthera

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]

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)

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