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]

Papuechites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Papuechites
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Species:
P. aambe
Binomial name
Papuechites aambe
Synonyms[1]
  • Anodendron aambe Warb.
  • Strophanthus aambe Warb.
  • Ichnocarpus bertieroides Wernham ex S.Moore
formerly included[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.