Scyphellandra

Scyphellandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Violaceae
Genus:	Scyphellandra Thwaites (1858)
Species:	S. virgata
Binomial name
Scyphellandra virgata Thwaites (1858)
Synonyms
Alsodeia minutiflora Ridl. (1911) Alsodeia virgata Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson (1872), not validly publ. Rinorea pierrei (Boissieu) Melch. (1925) Rinorea virgata (Thwaites) Kuntze (1891) Scyphellandra pierrei Boissieu (1908) Scyphellandra poilanei Gagnep. (1939), no Latin descr.

Scyphellandra virgata is a species of flowering plant in the violet family, Violaceae. It is the sole species in genus Scyphellandra. It is a shrub native to Indochina, Hainan, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.