title: Stanmarkia
text: # Stanmarkia
  
  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 (Standl. & Steyerm.) Almeda
  * Stanmarkia spectabilis Almeda
  