Scleropyrum

Scleropyrum
Scleropyrum pentandrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Scleropyrum Arn.
Synonyms [1]
Heydia Dennst. Scleromelum K.Schum. & Lauterb.

Scleropyrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Santalaceae. It includes five species ^[1] of evergreen small trees or shrubs ^[2] native to tropical and subtropical Asia and New Guinea. ^[1]

• Scleropyrum aurantiacum (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Pilg.
• Scleropyrum brevistachyum Stauffer ex J.M.Macklin
• Scleropyrum leptostachyum Pilg.
• Scleropyrum maingayi Hook.f.
• Scleropyrum pentandrum (Dennst.) Mabb.

The genus was first described by George A. Walker Arnott in 1838. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Scleropyrum Arn". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
2. Flora of China, Vol. 5 Page 210 硬核属 ying he shu Scleropyrum Arnott, Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 549. 1838.
3. Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1838. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2: 549-550 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
4. Tropicos, genus Scleropyrum