Scaphium

This article is about the plant genus. For other uses, see Scaphium (disambiguation).

Scaphium is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.^[1] The name Scaphium was picked in reference to the shape of the plants' fruit, and is derived from the Greek word for skiff, skaphion (σκάφιον).^[2]

Scaphium
S. longiflorum in Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Scaphium Schott & Endl.

Species

• Scaphium affine (Mast.) Pierre
• Scaphium burkillfilii Kosterm.
• Scaphium linearicarpum (Mast.) Pierre
• Scaphium longiflorum Ridl.
• Scaphium longipetiolatum (Kosterm.) Kosterm.
• Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne
• Scaphium parviflorum P.Wilkie
• Scaphium scaphigerum (Wall. ex G. Don) G.Planch.