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.[2][3][4]

Micrechites
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Micrechites
Miq. (1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamechites Markgr. (1925)
  • Otopetalum Miq. 1857, nom. illeg. (not F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899)
  • Vallariopsis Woodson (1936)

Species

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13 species arer currently accepted.[1] Synonyms in parentheses are the names used in Flora of China.[4]

  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[2]
  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

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  1. ^ a b Micrechites Miq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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