Cantleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Stemonuraceae, order Aquifoliales (or Cardiopteridales, depending on the taxonomic authority). The genus was described by Henry Nicholas Ridley and contains a single species, Cantleya corniculata (Becc.) R.A.Howard, native to the tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia. It is a woody plant within the asterid clade of eudicots. The species is considered Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (version 2.3).
Distribution
Cantleya is native to Southeast Asia, specifically Indonesia and Malaysia, where the sole species Cantleya corniculata occurs in tropical forest habitats.
Conservation
The sole species, Cantleya corniculata, is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (version 2.3). The Wikipedia article references this status, although the inline citation on the page is broken and the original IUCN assessment cannot be directly verified through the available sources.
Taxonomy Notes
There is a conflict in ordinal placement between sources: Wikipedia places Cantleya in the order Aquifoliales, while GBIF places it in Cardiopteridales. Both agree on the family Stemonuraceae. The genus authority is Ridl. (Henry Nicholas Ridley), and the species authority is (Becc.) R.A.Howard (originally described by Odoardo Beccari, later recombined by Richard Alden Howard).
