Sclerotheca

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Sclerotheca viridiflora Cheeseman (AM AK319975-2).jpg

|image_caption = Sclerotheca viridiflora

|taxon = Sclerotheca

|authority = DC

|type_species = Sclerotheca arborea

|type_species_authority = (G. Forst.) DC

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = Apetahia Baill.

}}

Sclerotheca is a genus of plants native to various islands in the South Pacific. Nine of the ten known species are French Polynesia, the tenth to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=356424 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

1. Sclerotheca arborea (G.Forst.) DC - Tahiti
2. Sclerotheca forsteri Drake - Moorea, Tahiti
3. Sclerotheca jayorum J.Raynal - Tahiti
4. Sclerotheca longistigmata F.Br. - Marquesas
5. Sclerotheca margaretae R.Br. - Rapa
6. Sclerotheca magdalenae J.Florence - Tahiti
7. Sclerotheca oreades E.Willm. - Tahiti
8. Sclerotheca raiateensis (Baill.) Pillon & Florence - Raiatea
9. Sclerotheca seigelii (Florence) Pillon & Florence - Marquesas
10. Sclerotheca viridiflora Cheeseman - Rarotonga