| Scaphium | |
|---|---|
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| S. longiflorum in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Scaphium Schott & Endl. |
Scaphium is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.[1] The name comes from the Greek, skaphion (σκάφιον), meaning a small boat like a skiff, and refers to the shape of the fruit.[2]
Species
- Scaphium affine (Mast.) Pierre
- Scaphium burkillfilii Kosterm.
- Scaphium linearicarpum (Mast.) Pierre
- Scaphium longiflorum Ridl.
- Scaphium longipetiolatum (Kosterm.) Kosterm.
- Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne
- Scaphium parviflorum P.Wilkie
- Scaphium scaphigerum (Wall. ex G. Don) G.Planch.
References
- ↑ ThePlantList (2010). "Scaphium".
- ↑ A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae), Peter Wilkie, Cambridge University Press, 2009
External links
Media related to Scaphium at Wikimedia Commons- POWO: Scaphium
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