Scepeae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Scepeae
Genera: Aporosa – Ashtonia – Baccaurea – Distichirhops – Maesobotrya – Nothobaccaurea – Protomegabaria – Richeria

Name

Scepeae Horan., Char. Ess. Fam. 80. (1847)

• Type genus: Scepa Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441. (1836) vide Aporosa Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 514. (1826)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Scepaceae Lindl. (July 1836: 171), as ordo.
  • Aporosaceae Lindl. ex Planch. (1854: 265), as ordo Aporoseae.
  • Aporoseae Airy Shaw (1974: tab. 3701), as Aporuseae.

References

• Horaninow, P.F. 1847. Characteres Essentiales Familiarum 80.
• Hoffmann, P., Kathriarachchi, H. & Wurdack, K.J. 2006. A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bulletin 61(1): 37–53. JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Scepeae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Apr. 2020.