Simira standleyi
Species of plant
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Simira standleyi (Little) Steyerm. | |
| Synonyms | |
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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).
