Schoutenia
Encyclopedia
Schoutenia is a flowering plant
genus
. Traditionally included in the family
Tiliaceae
, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae
in the APG
and most subsequent systematics.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
. Traditionally included in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family is not part of APG II, but it is found all through the botanical literature and remains prominently listed by nomenclatural databases such as IPNI....
, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
in the APG
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to an informal international group of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge about plant relationships discovered through phylogenetic studies., three...
and most subsequent systematics.
Selected species
- Schoutenia corneriiSchoutenia corneriiSchoutenia cornerii is a species of plant in the Tiliaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.-Source:* Chung, R.C.K. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
- Schoutenia furfuraceaSchoutenia furfuraceaSchoutenia furfuracea is a species of plant in the Tiliaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.-Source:* Chung, R.C.K. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
- Schoutenia kunstleriSchoutenia kunstleriSchoutenia kunstleri is a species of plant in the Tiliaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.-Source:* Chung, R.C.K. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....