Toechima

Toechima
Toechima tenax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Toechima
Species

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Toechima is a genus of small to medium-sized trees in the plant family Sapindaceae. The species are native to New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia as well as New Guinea.

Seven species (including one undescribed) are recognised by the Australian Plant Census:[1]

  • Toechima daemelianum (F.Muell.) Radlk.
  • Toechima dasyrrhache Radlk. - blunt-leaved steelwood
  • Toechima erythrocarpum (F.Muell.) Radlk. - pink tamarind, foambark
  • Toechima monticola S.T.Reynolds
  • Toechima pterocarpum S.T.Reynolds
  • Toechima sp. East Alligator (J.Russell-Smith 8418) NT Herbarium
  • Toechima tenax (Benth.) Radlk.

The taxa recognised by the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea are:[2]

  • Toechima erythrocarpum subsp. papuanum P.W.Leenhouts
  • Toechima livescens Radlk

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Toechima". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Conn, B.J. (2008). "Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea". Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  • "Toechima Radlk". Atlas of Living Australia.

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