''Sandemania'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Melastomataceae. The only known species is ''Sandemania hoehnei''.
Its native range is southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern and west-central), Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of ''Sandemania'' is in honour of Christopher Albert Walter Sandeman (1882–1951), an English botanist and traveler. He collected in South America. The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''hoehnei'' refers to
Frederico Carlos Hoehne Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1 February 1882, Juiz de Fora – 16 March 1959) was a Brazilian botanist.
In 1907 he was appointed ''jardineiro-chefe'' (head gardener) at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, soon afterwards working on botanical assign ...
(1882–1959), a Brazilian botanist.
The genus was first described and published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939, onpage 480 in 1939.
The species was then first published in Phytologia Vol.20 on page 370 in 1970.
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Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera
Monotypic Malvales genera
Plants described in 1939
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of Peru
Flora of Venezuela
Flora of North Brazil
Flora of West-Central Brazil
Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux