''Motleyothamnus'' is a

monotypic genus 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 ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s belonging to the family

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 ...

. The only species is ''Motleyothamnus corymbosus''. The species is found in Peru. The genus name of ''Motleyothamnus'' is in honour of Timothy 'Tim' J. Motley (1966–2013), who was an American botanist, Professor of Botany at the

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and Director of the Botanical Garden in

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. The genus was

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by Sushil K. Paudyal and Piero G. Delprete in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. vol.187 (Issue 3) on page 386 in 2018.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q94437884, from2=Q95987474 Rubiaceae Monotypic Rubiaceae genera Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López