Schoutenia

Schoutenia is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges from Indochina through Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia.

Traditionally included in the family Tiliaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. Pieter Willem Korthals described it in 1847/8 and named it after the explorer Willem Schouten.

Species

There are ten accepted species.

• Schoutenia accrescens <small>(Mast.) Merr.</small> – Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo
• Schoutenia cornerii <small>Roekm.</small> – Malay Peninsula
• Schoutenia curtisii <small>Roekm.</small> – Thailand
• Schoutenia furfuracea <small>Kochummen</small> – Malay Peninsula
• Schoutenia glomerata <small>King</small> – Malay Peninsula
• Schoutenia godefroyana <small>Baill.</small> – Thailand, Cambodia
• Schoutenia kostermansii <small>Roekm.</small> – Thailand
• Schoutenia kunstleri <small>King</small> – Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Java
• Schoutenia leprosula <small>Saw</small> – Malay Peninsula
• Schoutenia ovata <small>Korth.</small> – Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory

Footnotes

References

• (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.