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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Apocyneae |
| Genus: | Papuechites Markgr. |
| Species: | P. aambe
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| Binomial name | |
| Papuechites aambe | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- formerly included[1]
- Papuechites novoguineensis (K.Schum.) Markgr. = Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum.
- Papuechites warianus (Schltr.) Markgr. = Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton
References edit
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
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