Rogersonanthus

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Rogersonanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.{{cite web |title=Rogersonanthus Maguire & B.M.Boom {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925196-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela in northern South America.

The genus name of Rogersonanthus is in honour of Clark Thomas Rogerson (1918–2001), an American mycologist.{{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}}

It was first described and published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. Vol.51 on page 3 in 1989.

Known species, according to Kew:

• Rogersonanthus arboreus {{small|(Britton) Maguire & B.M.Boom}}
• Rogersonanthus quelchii {{small|(N.E.Br.) Maguire & B.M.Boom}}