Scyphellandra

Scyphellandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Scyphellandra; Thwaites (1858)
Species:	S. virgata
Binomial name
	Scyphellandra virgata; Thwaites (1858)
Synonyms
	Alsodeia minutiflora Ridl. (1911); Alsodeia virgata Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson (1872), not validly publ.; Rinorea pierrei (Boissieu) Melch. (1925); Rinorea virgata (Thwaites) Kuntze (1891); Scyphellandra pierrei Boissieu (1908); Scyphellandra poilanei Gagnep. (1939), no Latin descr.;

Scyphellandra virgata is a species of flowering plant in the violet family, Violaceae. It is the sole species in genus Scyphellandra. It is a shrub native to Indochina, Hainan, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.¹

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