Goniocheton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes four species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Vanuatu, and Queensland.[1]
| Goniocheton | |
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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: | Goniocheton Blume (1825) |
| Type species | |
| Goniocheton arborescens | |
| Species[1] | |
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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 Goniocheton was revived and re-circumscribed.[2]
Species edit
Four species are accepted.[1]
- Goniocheton arborescens Blume – Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Malesia, Papuasia, and Vanuatu
- Goniocheton brassii (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Hauenschild & Holzmeyer – New Guinea
- Goniocheton lenticellatus (C.Y.Wu) Mabb. – southern and southeastern Yunnan, Myanmar, and northern Thailand
- Goniocheton tonkinensis (A.Chev. ex Pellegr.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild – northern Vietnam
References edit
- ^ a b c d Goniocheton Blume Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ a b 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