''Scaphium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of about eight species of
plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
s in the subfamily
Sterculioideae
Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.
A 2006 molecular study indicated the Sterculioideae was most likely to be a monophyletic group, and that it had four major clades within ...
of the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar o ...
.
Species
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Scaphium affine
''Scaphium affine'' is a tree species in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (previously placed in the Sterculiaceae and synonyms include ''Sterculia lychnophora'' Hance). It is native to mainland Southeast Asia and no subspecies are ...
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(Mast.) Pierre
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Scaphium burkillfilii
''Scaphium'' is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.
Species
* ''Scaphium affine'' (Mast.) Pierre
* '' Scaphium burkillfilii'' Kosterm.
* '' Scaphium linearicarpum'' (Mast.) Pierre
* ...
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Kosterm.
* ''
Scaphium linearicarpum''
(Mast.) Pierre
* ''
Scaphium longiflorum''
Ridl.
* ''
Scaphium longipetiolatum''
(Kosterm.) Kosterm.
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Scaphium macropodum''
(Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne
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Scaphium parviflorum''
P.Wilkie
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Scaphium scaphigerum
''Scaphium scaphigerum'' is a deciduous tropical nut-bearing tree of genus '' Scaphium''.
Uses
Seeds of this plant are known as ''pang da hai'' in Chinese-speaking countries and are used as herbal remedies in Indonesian and Chinese medicine. ...
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(Wall. ex G. Don) G.Planch.
References
External links
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POWO: ''Scaphium''
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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