''Schoutenia'' 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 nom ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia.
["''Schoutenia'' Korth.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 2021]
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Traditionally included in the family (biology), family 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 reco ...
, 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 okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familia ...
in the APG 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 India Service from 1831 to 1836.
Among his many discoveries was the medicinal plant Krat ...
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 in c. 1567 in Hoorn, Holland, S ...
.[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'' Korth. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory
]
Footnotes
References
* (2007)
Synonymy of Malvaceae
Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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