Schoutenia

<i>Schoutenia</i>

Schoutenia

Genus of flowering plants

Schoutenia is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia.[1]

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Traditionally included in the family Tiliaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. Pieter Willem Korthals described it in 1847/8 and named it after the explorer Willem Schouten.[2]

Species

There are ten accepted species.[1]

  • Schoutenia accrescens (Mast.) Merr. – Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo
  • Schoutenia cornerii Roekm. – Malay Peninsula
  • Schoutenia curtisii Roekm. – Thailand
  • Schoutenia furfuracea Kochummen – Malay Peninsula
  • Schoutenia glomerata King – Malay Peninsula
  • Schoutenia godefroyana Baill. – Thailand, Cambodia
  • Schoutenia kostermansii Roekm. – Thailand
  • Schoutenia kunstleri King – Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Java
  • Schoutenia leprosula Saw – Malay Peninsula
  • Schoutenia ovata Korth. – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Schoutenia Korth. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    Umberto Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z, Taylor & Francis US, 2000, p. 2422

References

  • Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.


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