Biology:Scyphocephalium

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Scyphocephalium
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Scyphocephalium
Warb.

Scyphocephalium is a genus of plants in family Myristicaceae native to west Africa, containing two species.[1] One species contains chemicals with significant in vitro antibacterial activity.[2]

Species

Scyphocephalium mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Warb. - Cameroon to Gabon

Scyphocephalium ochocoa Warb. - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

References

  1. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium
  2. Hu, J.-F.; Garo, E.; Yoo, H.-D.; Cremin, P.A.; Goering, M.G.; O'Neil-Johnson, M.; Eldridge, G.R. (2005). "Cyclolignans from Scyphocephalium ochocoa via high-throughput natural product chemistry methods". Phytochemistry 66 (9): 1077–1082. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.014. PMID 15896378. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16739308 entry