Zuelania

Zuelania guidonia is a species of shrub or tree native to the West Indies, Central America, and northern South America and is the only member of the genus Zuelania.^[1] Formerly classified in the Flacourtiaceae, phylogenetic analyses based on DNA data indicate that this species, along with its close relatives in Casearia, Samyda, Hecatostemon, and Laetia, are better placed in a broadly circumscribed Salicaceae.^[2] Zuelania differs from its close relatives in having a large, subsessile stigma.

Zuelania
Zuelania guidonia in Catemaco, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Subfamily:	Samydoideae
Genus:	Zuelania A.Richard in Sagra
Species:	Z. guidonia
Binomial name
Zuelania guidonia (Swartz) Britton & Millspaugh