Papuechites

Papuechites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Papuechites
Species: P. aambe
Binomial name
Papuechites aambe
Synonyms[1]
  • Anodendron aambe Warb.
  • Strophanthus aambe Warb.
  • Ichnocarpus bertieroides Wernham ex S.Moore

Papuechites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1925. It contains only one known species, Papuechites aambe, native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.[1][2]

formerly included[1]
  • Papuechites novoguineensis (K.Schum.) Markgr. = Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum.
  • Papuechites warianus (Schltr.) Markgr. = Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.


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