Stanmarkia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
It is native to south-eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
The genus name of Stanmarkia is in honour of 2 American botanists; Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963) and Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988). It was first described and published in Brittonia Vol.45 on page 198 in 1993.
Known species According to Kew: Stanmarkia medialis Stanmarkia spectabilis
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