Standleyanthus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | genus = Standleyanthus | parent_authority = R.M.King & H.Rob | species = triptychus | authority = (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob<ref name=u>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13786280#page/49/mode/1up King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22(1): 41-42] description in Latin, commentary in English</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=r/> | synonyms = ''Eupatorium triptychum'' <small>B.L.Rob.</small> }}

'''''Standleyanthus''''' is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.<ref name=u/><ref name="Hind & Robinson. 2007.">D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004353 Tropicos, ''Standleyanthus'' R.M. King & H. Rob.]</ref>

The genus is named after US botanist Paul Carpenter Standley (1884-1963).<ref>Williams, Louis O. "Paul Carpenter Standley". Taxon, vol 7. 1963.</ref><ref>[https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/bios/StandleyPaul.htm Washington Biologists' Field Club, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Paul Carpenter Standley]</ref> The Latin specific epithet of ''triptychus'' is a compound word with 'tri' meaning three and 'ptychus' meaning plate.<ref>{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}</ref>

;Species The only known species is '''''Standleyanthus triptychus''''', which is native to Costa Rica.<ref name=r>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=ce5ce729-ecaf-4605-bdd2-e0b20c927f74 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Standleyanthus'' R.M.King & H.Rob. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295522-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of Costa Rica Category:Eupatorieae Category:Plants described in 1971