# Sclerotheca

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Sclerotheca viridiflora Cheeseman (AM AK319975-2).jpg
|image_caption = ''Sclerotheca viridiflora''
|taxon = Sclerotheca
|authority = [A.DC.](/source/Alphonse_Pyramus_de_Candolle){{R|POWO}}
|type_species = ''Sclerotheca arborea''  
|type_species_authority = ([G.Forst.](/source/Georg_Forster)) A.DC.
|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}
|synonyms = ''Apetahia'' [Baill.](/source/Baill.)
}}

'''''Sclerotheca''''' is a genus of plants native to various islands in the South Pacific. Nine of the ten species are native to [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia), the tenth to [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga) in the [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands).{{R|POWO}}

*''[Sclerotheca arborea](/source/Sclerotheca_arborea)'' <small>([G.Forst.](/source/G.Forst.)) [A.DC.](/source/A.DC.)</small> – Tahiti
*''[Sclerotheca forsteri](/source/Sclerotheca_forsteri)'' <small>[Drake](/source/Emmanuel_Drake_del_Castillo)</small> – Moorea, Tahiti
*''[Sclerotheca jayorum](/source/Sclerotheca_jayorum)'' <small>[J.Raynal](/source/Jean_Raynal_(botanist))</small> – Tahiti
*''[Sclerotheca longistigmata](/source/Sclerotheca_longistigmata)'' <small>[F.Br.](/source/F.Br.)</small> – Marquesas
*''[Sclerotheca magdalenae](/source/Sclerotheca_magdalenae)'' <small>[J.Jacques](/source/Jacques_Florence)</small> – Tahiti
*''[Sclerotheca margaretae](/source/Sclerotheca_margaretae)'' <small>[R.Br.](/source/R.Br.)</small> – Rapa
*''[Sclerotheca oreades](/source/Sclerotheca_oreades)'' <small>[E.Wimm.](/source/E.Wimm.)</small> – Tahiti
*''[Sclerotheca raiateensis](/source/Sclerotheca_raiateensis)'' <small>(Baill.) [Pillon](/source/Yohan_Pillon) & J.Florence</small> – Raiatea
*''[Sclerotheca seigelii](/source/Sclerotheca_seigelii)'' <small>(J.Florence) Pillon & J.Florence</small> – Marquesas
*''[Sclerotheca viridiflora](/source/Sclerotheca_viridiflora)'' <small>[Cheeseman](/source/Thomas_Frederic_Cheeseman)</small> – Rarotonga

==References==
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<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5823-1 |title=''Sclerotheca'' A.DC. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2026 |access-date=10 January 2026}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Lobelioideae
Category:Campanulaceae genera

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