Schoutenia

Schoutenia is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

There are ten accepted species.^[2]

• 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

• Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.