Trembleya
# Trembleya

Trembleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.

It is native to Brazil in South America.

## Known species

According to Kew:

* Trembleya acuminata R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
* Trembleya altoparaisensis R.B.Pacifico, Almeda & Fidanza
* Trembleya calycina Cham.
* Trembleya chamissoana Naudin
* Trembleya elegans (Cogn.) Almeda & A.B.Martins
* Trembleya hatschbachii Wurdack & E.Martins
* Trembleya inversa Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
* Trembleya neopyrenaica Naudin
* Trembleya parviflora (D.Don) Cogn.
* Trembleya pentagona Naudin
* Trembleya phlogiformis DC.
* Trembleya pithyoides Cham.
* Trembleya rosmarinoides DC.
* Trembleya rubra Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
* Trembleya serrulata Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
* Trembleya thomazii R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
* Trembleya tridentata Naudin

The genus name of Trembleya is in honour of Abraham Trembley (1710–1784) a Genevan naturalist, Jean Trembley (1704–1785), a Swiss mathematician, and also Jacques-André Trembley (1714–1763), a Swiss botanist. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 125 in 1828.

