Demosthenesia

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Demosthenesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae.{{cite web |title=Demosthenesia A.C.Sm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296719-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Peru to Bolivia and Brazil.

The genus name of Demosthenesia is in honour of Demosthenes (384–322 BC), a Greek politician.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}

Species known:

• Demosthenesia amicorum {{small|(Sleumer) Sleumer}}
• Demosthenesia buxifolia {{small|(Fielding & Gardner) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia cordifolia {{small|Luteyn}}
• Demosthenesia dudleyi {{small|D.R.Simpson}}
• Demosthenesia fabulosa {{small|(Sleumer) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia mandonii {{small|(Britton) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia matsiguenka {{small|Huamantupa}}
• Demosthenesia microphylla {{small|(Hoerold) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia oppositifolia {{small|Luteyn}}
• Demosthenesia pearcei {{small|(Britton) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia spectabilis {{small|(Rusby) A.C.Sm.}}
• Demosthenesia vilcabambensis {{small|Luteyn}}
• Demosthenesia weberbaueri {{small|(Sleumer) Sleumer}}