Trembleya

Trembleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.^[1]

It is native to Brazil in South America.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Trembleya acuminata R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
• Trembleya altoparaisensis R.B.Pacifico, Almeda & Fidanza
• Trembleya calycina Cham.
• Trembleya chamissoana Naudin
• Trembleya elegans (Cogn.) Almeda & A.B.Martins
• Trembleya hatschbachii Wurdack & E.Martins
• Trembleya inversa Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
• Trembleya neopyrenaica Naudin
• Trembleya parviflora (D.Don) Cogn.
• Trembleya pentagona Naudin
• Trembleya phlogiformis DC.
• Trembleya pithyoides Cham.
• Trembleya rosmarinoides DC.
• Trembleya rubra Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
• Trembleya serrulata Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
• Trembleya thomazii R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
• Trembleya tridentata Naudin

The genus name of Trembleya is in honour of Abraham Trembley (1710–1784) a Genevan naturalist, Jean Trembley (1704–1785), a Swiss mathematician, and also Jacques-André Trembley (1714–1763), a Swiss botanist.^[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 125 in 1828.^[1]

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