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Sclerotheca

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Sclerotheca
Sclerotheca viridiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Sclerotheca
DC
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

References

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  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.