Neoscortechinia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilosoideae
Genus: Neoscortechinia
Species: N. angustifolia – N. forbesii – N. kingii – N. nicobarica – N. philippinensis – N. sumatrensis
Name

Neoscortechinia Pax in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 213. (1897)

Type species: Neoscortechinia kingii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XIV: 52 (1919)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Scortechinia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 366. (1887), nom. illeg.
Alcinaeanthus Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 379. (1912 publ. 1913).

References

Pax, F.A. 1897. Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachträge zum II bis IV Teil. 1: 213.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Neoscortechinia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Neoscortechinia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Neoscortechinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 28.

Neoscortechinia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1897.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia and Papuasia.[1][4]

Species[1]

Neoscortechinia angustifolia (Airy Shaw) Welzen - Sabah, Kalimantan
Neoscortechinia forbesii (Hook.f.) S.Moore - New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
Neoscortechinia kingii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Neoscortechinia nicobarica (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Malaysia,, Indonesia, Philippines, W New Guinea
Neoscortechinia philippinensis (Merr.) Welzen - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, W, Indonesia, Philippines
Neoscortechinia sumatrensis S.Moore - W Malaysia, N. Sumatra, Simeuluë, Borneo

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1897. in Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf & Prantl, Karl Anton Eugen, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachter. 1: 213
Tropicos
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.