''Steudnera'' is a

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of flowering plants in the

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Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...

. It is native to southern

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, the

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, and

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/ref> The genus was first described by Karl Koch in 1862. The genus is also believed to be closely related to ''

Remusatia ''Remusatia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains 4 known species, one of which was described in 1987. This species was initially placed in genus ''Gonatanthus'' called ''Gonatanthus ornatus''. After the genus had be ...

''.Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 69, 泉七属 quan qi shu, ''Steudnera'' K. Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten. 5: 114. 1862
/ref> ;Species #'' Steudnera assamica'' Hook.f. - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam #'' Steudnera capitellata'' Hook.f. - Myanmar #'' Steudnera colocasiifolia'' K.Koch - Yunnan, Guangxi, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina #'' Steudnera discolor'' W.Bull - Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand #'' Steudnera gagei'' K.Krause - Assam #'' Steudnera griffithii'' (Schott) Hook.f. - Assam, Myanmar, Yunnan #'' Steudnera henryana'' Engl. - Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam #'' Steudnera kerrii'' Gagnep. - Guangxi, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

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Aroideae Araceae genera Taxa named by Karl Koch {{Araceae-stub