Sclerotheca

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Sclerotheca
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Sclerotheca viridiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Sclerotheca
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Type species
Sclerotheca arborea
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] [2]

  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

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<i>Apetahia</i> Extinct genus of flowering plants

Apetahia was a genus of plants native to various islands of French Polynesia in the South Pacific now considered to be a synonym of Sclerotheca.

  1. Apetahia longistigmata(F.Br.) E.Wimm - Marquesas
  2. Apetahia margaretae(F.Br.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler - Rapa Iti
  3. Apetahia raiateensisBaill. - Raiatea
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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.