Schoutenia

Schoutenia
Schoutenia ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Dombeyoideae
Genus:	Schoutenia Korth. (1848)[1]
Species
10, see text
Synonyms[1]
Actinophora Wall. (1852) Chartacalyx Maingay ex Mast. (1874) Sicrea Hallier f. (1921)

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

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. Schoutenia Korth. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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.