Scyphocephalium

Scyphocephalium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Scyphocephalium; Warb.
Synonyms
	Ochocoa Pierre

Scyphocephalium is a genus of plants in family Myristicaceae native to west-central Africa, containing two species.^[2] One species contains chemicals with significant in vitro antibacterial activity.^[3]

The genus was described by Otto Warburg in 1897.^[1]

Species

Two species are accepted:^[1]

Scyphocephalium chrysothrix Warb. – Cameroon
Scyphocephalium mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Warb. – Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and southern Nigeria

References

1 2 3 "Scyphocephalium Warb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
↑ Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium
↑ 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. Bibcode:2005PChem..66.1077H. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.014. PMID 15896378.

[powo-1] 1 2 3 "Scyphocephalium Warb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

[2] Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium

[3] 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. Bibcode:2005PChem..66.1077H. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.03.014. PMID 15896378.

[1]

[2]

[3]