Rustia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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| image = Rustia bilsana inflorescence.jpg

| image_caption = Rustia bilsana

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Rustia

| authority = Klotzsch (1846)

|synonyms =

• Henlea {{small|H.Karst. (1859)}}
• Stomandra {{small|Standl. (1947)}}
• Tresanthera {{small|H.Karst. (1859)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35280-1 Rustia Klotzsch]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

}}

Rustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are 17 species distributed in tropical Central and South America. They are shrubs and trees up to {{convert|15|m|ft|0}} tall.Vieira, R. C., Delprete, P. G., Leitão, G. G., & Leitão, S. G. (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121002000455/http://www.amjbot.org/content/88/12/2151.full Anatomical and chemical analyses of leaf secretory cavities of Rustia formosa (Rubiaceae).] American Journal of Botany, 88(12), 2151-56.

Species include:

• Rustia alba {{small|Delprete}}
• Rustia angustifolia {{small|K.Schum.}}
• Rustia bilsana {{small|Delprete}}
• Rustia condamineoides {{small|(H.Karst.) Kainul. & B.Bremer}}
• Rustia costaricensis {{small|(Standl.) Lorence}}
• Rustia dressleri {{small|Delprete}}
• Rustia formosa {{small|(Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC.) Klotzsch}}
• Rustia gracilis {{small|K.Schum.}}
• Rustia haitiensis {{small|Urb.}}
• Rustia kosnipatana {{small|S.Will & C.M.Taylor}}
• Rustia occidentalis {{small|(Benth.) Hemsl.}}
• Rustia rubra {{small|Standl. ex D.A.Simpson}}
• Rustia schunkeana {{small|Delprete}}
• Rustia simpsonii {{small|Delprete}}
• Rustia thibaudioides {{small|(H.Karst.) Delprete}}
• Rustia venezuelensis {{small|Standl. & Steyerm.}}
• Rustia viridiflora {{small|Delprete}}