en Scutia

Scutia
	Scutia buxifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Tribe:	Rhamneae
Genus:	Scutia; (Comm. ex DC.) Brongn.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Adolia Lam.; Blepetalon Raf.; Scypharia Miers;

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 small trees.^[2]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

Scutia arenicola (Casar.) Reissek
Scutia buxifolia Reissek
Scutia colombiana M.C.Johnst.
Scutia myrtina (Burm.f.) Kurz
Scutia spicata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) Weberb.

References

^ Mém. Fam. Rhamn.: 55 (1826)
^ Don, George (1832). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Rivington. p. 33.

[1] Mém. Fam. Rhamn.: 55 (1826)

[2] Don, George (1832). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Rivington. p. 33.

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