Schmardaea

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

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| image = Schmardaea1.jpg

| image_caption = Branchlets with leaves, flowers and fruits

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author= Morales M, P.A. |author2= Lopez-Gallego, C. |date=2024 |title= Schmardaea microphylla |volume=2024 |page= e.T36035A226173746 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T36035A226173746.es |access-date=February 2, 2025}}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Schmardaea

| parent_authority = H.Karst.

| species = microphylla

| authority = (Hooker) H.Karst. ex Müll.Berol.

| synonyms = {{taxon list |Elutheria|P.Browne

|Elutheria microphylla|(Hook.) M.Roem.

|Guarea microphylla|Hook.

|Elutheria nobilis|(H.Karst.) Triana & Planch.

|Schmardaea nobilis|H.Karst.

|Schmardaea recordiana|Dugand}}

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Schmardaea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26836-1 |title= Schmardaea H.Karst. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=February 2, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7DSK |title= Schmardaea H.Karst. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=February 2, 2025}} It solely comprises the species Schmardaea microphylla.{{Cite book|title=Meliaceae|last=Pennington|first=T.D.|publisher=New York Botanical Garden|year=1981|series=Flora Neotropica|pages=387–389}}

Distribution and habitat

Found in cloud forests and dry forests at mid elevations and up to 2700 m in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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