Scagea Explained

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]

List of species

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13961308#page/258/mode/1up%20 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. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50264274 Tropicos, Scagea McPherson
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=186619 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.