''Strumpfia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

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Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

. The genus contains only one

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

, viz. ''Strumpfia maritima'', which is found from southern Florida to northern Venezuela. ''Strumpfia maritima'' is also the only species in the tribe Strumpfieae. It is an

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, whic ...

shrub of

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that rarely exceeds in height.John K. Francis (editor). undated. ''Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions''. General Technical Report IITF-WB-1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Shrub Sciences Laboratory. Pride of Big Pine is a common name. ''Strumpfia'' was named by Nicolaus Jacquin in 1760 in his compilation entitled ''Enumeratio Systematis Plantarum''.''Strumpfia'' in International Plant Names Index.Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. 1760. ''Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit'' pages 8 and 28. It was named for Christopher Strumpf, professor of chemistry and botany at Hall, in

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, and editor of

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...

's '.George Don, Jr. 1834. ''A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system''. volume III (Calyciflorae): page 560.

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GRIN taxonomy for plants
''Strumpfia''

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Cinchonoideae Monotypic Rubiaceae genera Flora of the Caribbean Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Cinchonoideae-stub

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