Scaphium

Scaphium
S. longiflorum in Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Scaphium
Schott & Endl.

Scaphium is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.[1] The name comes from the Greek, skaphion (σκάφιον), meaning a small boat like a skiff, and refers to the shape of the fruit.[2]

  1. ^ ThePlantList (2010). "Scaphium".
  2. ^ A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae), Peter Wilkie, Cambridge University Press, 2009