Scyphellandra

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Scyphellandra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Scyphellandra
Thwaites (1858)
Species:
S. virgata
Binomial name
Scyphellandra virgata
Thwaites (1858)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alsodeia minutifloraRidl. (1911)
  • Alsodeia virgataThwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson (1872), not validly publ.
  • Rinorea pierrei(Boissieu) Melch. (1925)
  • Rinorea virgata(Thwaites) Kuntze (1891)
  • Scyphellandra pierreiBoissieu (1908)
  • Scyphellandra poilaneiGagnep. (1939), no Latin descr.

Scyphellandra virgata is a species of flowering plant in the violet family, Violaceae. It is the sole species in genus Scyphellandra. It is a shrub native to Indochina, Hainan, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. [1]

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