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Genus of flowering plants

Sclerotheca
Sclerotheca viridiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Sclerotheca
DC
Type species
Sclerotheca arborea
(G. Forst.) DC
Synonyms

Apetahia Baill.

Sclerotheca is a genus of plants native to various islands in the South Pacific. Nine of the ten known species are French Polynesia, the tenth to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.

  1. Sclerotheca arborea (G.Forst.) DC - Tahiti
  2. Sclerotheca forsteri Drake - Moorea, Tahiti
  3. Sclerotheca jayorum J.Raynal - Tahiti
  4. Sclerotheca longistigmata F.Br. - Marquesas
  5. Sclerotheca margaretae R.Br. - Rapa
  6. Sclerotheca magdalenae J.Florence - Tahiti
  7. Sclerotheca oreades E.Willm. - Tahiti
  8. Sclerotheca raiateensis (Baill.) Pillon & Florence - Raiatea
  9. Sclerotheca seigelii (Florence) Pillon & Florence - Marquesas
  10. Sclerotheca viridiflora Cheeseman - Rarotonga

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Taxon identifiers
Sclerotheca


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