Scagea

Scagea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Pseudanthinae
Genus: Scagea
McPherson

Scagea is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1986.[1][2]

The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3][4]

species
  1. Scagea depauperata (Baill.) McPherson
  2. Scagea oligostemon (Guillaumin) McPherson

References

  1. McPherson, Gordon D. 1986. Scagea, a new genus of Euphorbiaceae from New Caledonia. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section B,Adansonia, botanique, phytochimie 7: 247-250
  2. Tropicos, Scagea McPherson
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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