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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesMiddleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.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
Species 13 species arer currently accepted. Synonyms in parentheses are the names used in Flora of China. Micrechites andamanicus M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands Micrechites archboldianus Merr. & L.M.Perry – western New Guinea Micrechites glaber D.J.Middleton – Sabah Micrechites grandiflorus (D.J.Middleton) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea Micrechites jacquetii (syn. Ichnocarpus jacquetii (Pierre) D. J. Middleton) – Guangdong, Guangxi, Laos, and Vietnam Micrechites lancifolius – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra Micrechites malipoensis Tsiang & P.T.Li (syn. Ichnocarpus malipoensis (Tsiang & P. T. Li) D. J. Middleton) – Yunnan Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum. – Papua New Guinea Micrechites parkinsonii M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands Micrechites polyanthus (syn. Ichnocarpus polyanthus (Blume) P. I. Forster) – China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Yunnan), Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra Micrechites rhombifolius Markgr. – Maluku, Sulawesi, Papuasia, and Queensland Micrechites serpyllifolius (Blume) Kosterm. – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Philippines Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea
Formerly included Micrechites borneensis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton Micrechites formicinus Tsiang & P.T.Li = Anodendron nervosum Kerr. Micrechites gracilis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton Micrechites minutiflorus (Pierre) P.T.Li = Urceola minutiflora (Pierre) D.J.Middleton Micrechites napeensis Quint = Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D.J.Middleton Micrechites ovalifolius Ridl. = Parameria polyneura Hook.f. Micrechites sinensis Markgr. = Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton Micrechites tubulosus Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend. = Anodendron tubulosum (Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend.) D.J.Middleton
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