Sclerotheca

Sclerotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus: Sclerotheca
DC
Type species
Sclerotheca arborea
(G. Forst.) DC

Sclerotheca is a genus of plants native to various islands in the South Pacific. Five of the six known species are endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia, the sixth to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[1][2]

  1. Sclerotheca arborea (G.Forst.) DC - Tahiti
  2. Sclerotheca forsteri Drake - Tahiti
  3. Sclerotheca jayorum J.Raynal - Tahiti
  4. Sclerotheca magdalenae J.Florence - Tahiti
  5. Sclerotheca oreades E.Willm. - Tahiti
  6. Sclerotheca viridiflora Cheeseman - Rarotonga

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.


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