''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae ...

, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. The ...

, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or small trees.

Species

Currently accepted species include: *''

Scutia arenicola ''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands ...

'' (Casar.) Reissek *''

Scutia buxifolia ''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or smal ...

'' Reissek *''

Scutia colombiana ''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or smal ...

'' M.C.Johnst. *''

Scutia myrtina ''Scutia myrtina'' is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is commonly known as cat-thorn. Description ''Scutia myrtina'' is a variable plant that may grow as a shrub or tree of 2-10 m tall with trunk diameter to 30 cm or o ...

'' (Burm.f.) Kurz *''

Scutia spicata ''Scutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or smal ...

'' (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Weberb.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q147609 Rhamnaceae Rhamnaceae genera Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Taxa named by Philibert Commerson