Biology:Scaphium

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Short description: Genus of plants

Scaphium
Scaphium longiflorum.JPG
S. longiflorum in Malaysia
Scientific classification e
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

References

  1. ThePlantList (2010). "Scaphium". http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Malvaceae/Scaphium/. 
  2. A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae), Peter Wilkie, Cambridge University Press, 2009

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2709263 entry