Epicharis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and Fiji.[1]
| Epicharis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Epicharis Blume (1825) |
| Type species | |
| Epicharis densiflora | |
| Species[1] | |
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7; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Piptosaccos Turcz. (1858) | |
The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.[1] Most of the species currently accepted were, until recently, included in genus Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Epicharis was revived and re-circumscribed.[2]
The genus is named for Epicharis (d. 65 CE), a Roman woman who was a leader in the Pisonian conspiracy, and who was tortured and committed suicide rather than betray her co-conspirators.[2]
Species edit
Seven species are accepted.[1]
- Epicharis alata (Harms) Harms – New Guinea
- Epicharis brevipanicula (C.DC.) Hauenschild & Mabb. – east-central New Guinea
- Epicharis cumingiana (C.DC.) Harms – Taiwan, Philippines, Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and Lesser Sunda Islands
- Epicharis cuneata (Hiern) Harms – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines
- Epicharis densiflora Blume – southern Yunnan (south-Central China), Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Epicharis gillespieana (A.C.Sm.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild – Fiji
- Epicharis parasitica (Osbeck) Mabb. – Taiwan (Lan Yü), Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Epicharis Blume. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Holzmeyer, L., Hauenschild, F., Mabberley, D.J. and Muellner-Riehl, A.N. (2021), Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. Taxon, 70: 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591