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Scagea

Scagea is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1986.

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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 1986.12

The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.34

List of species

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

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.