Treutlera

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Treutlera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.{{cite web |title=Treutlera Hook.f. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3764-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Treutlera insignis Hook.f.

It is native to Nepal, the East Himalaya and Assam in India.

The genus name of Treutlera is in honour of William John Treutler (1841–1915), a British doctor who also worked at Kew Gardens.{{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 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of insignis means significant.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }} Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.15 on table 1425 in 1883.