Saranthe is a genus of plants native to Brazil and Paraguay, described as a genus in 1861.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, SarantheAugust Wilhelm Eichler. 1884. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1883: 85. description in Latin, commentary in GermanTropicos Saranthe Eichler
