Micrechites

Micrechites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Micrechites
Miq. (1857)
Synonyms
  • Lamechites Markgr. (1925)
  • Otopetalum Miq. 1857, nom. illeg. (not F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899)
  • Vallariopsis Woodson (1936)

Micrechites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1857. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland.

Species

13 species arer currently accepted. Synonyms in parentheses are the names used in Flora of China.

  1. Micrechites andamanicus M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands
  2. Micrechites archboldianus Merr. & L.M.Perry – western New Guinea
  3. Micrechites glaber D.J.Middleton – Sabah
  4. Micrechites grandiflorus (D.J.Middleton) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea
  5. Micrechites jacquetii Pierre ex Spire (syn. Ichnocarpus jacquetii (Pierre) D. J. Middleton) – Guangdong, Guangxi, Laos, and Vietnam
  6. Micrechites lancifolius (Hook.f.) D.J.Middleton & Livsh. – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
  7. Micrechites malipoensis Tsiang & P.T.Li (syn. Ichnocarpus malipoensis (Tsiang & P. T. Li) D. J. Middleton) – Yunnan
  8. Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum. – Papua New Guinea
  9. Micrechites parkinsonii M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands
  10. Micrechites polyanthus (Blume) Miq. (syn. Ichnocarpus polyanthus (Blume) P. I. Forster) – China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Yunnan), Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra
  11. Micrechites rhombifolius Markgr. – Maluku, Sulawesi, Papuasia, and Queensland
  12. Micrechites serpyllifolius (Blume) Kosterm. – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Philippines
  13. Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea
Formerly included
  1. Micrechites borneensis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
  2. Micrechites formicinus Tsiang & P.T.Li = Anodendron nervosum Kerr.
  3. Micrechites gracilis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton
  4. Micrechites minutiflorus (Pierre) P.T.Li = Urceola minutiflora (Pierre) D.J.Middleton
  5. Micrechites napeensis Quint = Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D.J.Middleton
  6. Micrechites ovalifolius Ridl. = Parameria polyneura Hook.f.
  7. Micrechites sinensis Markgr. = Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton
  8. Micrechites tubulosus Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend. = Anodendron tubulosum (Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend.) D.J.Middleton

References

  1. 1 2 Micrechites Miq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  4. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 185 腰骨藤属 yao gu teng shu Ichnocarpus R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 61. 1811