''Schoutenia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia. Traditionally included in the

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Tiliaceae Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...

, it is included in the expanded

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 Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

in the

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and most subsequent systematics.

Pieter Willem Korthals Pieter Willem Korthals (September 1, 1807, Amsterdam – March 1892, Haarlem) was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East Indies#Government, Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836. Among his many discoveries ...

described it in 1847/8 and named it after the explorer

Willem Schouten Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1625) was a Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. He was the first to sail the Cape Horn route to the Pacific Ocean. Biography Willem Cornelisz Schouten was born around 1567 in Hoorn, Holland, Seve ...

.Umberto Quattrocchi
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: R-Z
Taylor & Francis US, 2000, p. 2422

Species

There are ten accepted species. * '' 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 ''Schoutenia'' is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia. Traditionally included in the family (biology), family Tiliaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae i ...

'' Korth. – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory

Footnotes

References

* (2007)
Synonymy of Malvaceae
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