Micrechites

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.[1][2][3]

Species[1][3]

Micrechites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Micrechites
Markgr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamechites Markgr.
  • Otopetalum Miq. 1857 not F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899

Note - synonyms in parentheses are names used in Flora of China[3]

  1. Micrechites andamanicus M.Gangop. & Chakrab. - Andaman Islands
  2. Micrechites archboldianus Merr. & L.M.Perry - W 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, Vietnam
  6. Micrechites malipoensis Tsiang & P.T.Li (syn Ichnocarpus malipoensis (Tsiang & P. T. Li) D. J. Middleton) - Yunnan
  7. Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum. - Papua New Guinea
  8. Micrechites parkinsonii M.Gangop. & Chakrab. - Andaman Islands
  9. Micrechites polyanthus (Blume) Miq. (syn Ichnocarpus polyanthus (Blume) P. I. Forster) - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  10. Micrechites rhombifolius Markgr. - Maluku, Sulawesi, Papuasia, Queensland
  11. Micrechites serpyllifolius (Blume) Kosterm. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Philippines
  12. Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton - Papua New Guinea
formerly included[1]
  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. 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.
  3. 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


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