Biology:Papuechites

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Papuechites
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Papuechites
Markgr.
Species:
P. aambe
Binomial name
Papuechites aambe
(Warb.) Markgr.
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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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