Micrechites

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Apocyneae
Subtribus: Chonemorphinae
Genus: Micrechites
Species: M. andamanicus – M. archboldianus – M. glaber – M. grandiflorus – M. jacquetii – M. lancifolia – M. malipoensis – M. novoguineensis – M. parkinsonii – M. polyanthus – M. rhombifolius – M. serpyllifolius – M. warianus

Name

Micrechites Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 456 (1856)

• Type species: Micrechites polyanthus (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 457 (1856)
  

Note: Melbourne Code Art. 62.4: Generic names ending -ites are treated as masculine, irrespective of the gender assigned to them by the original author. Still can be treated as a synonym of Ichnocarpus R.Br., but see Middleton, 2006.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Otopetalum Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 400 (1857), nom. illeg. non Otopetalum F.Lehm. & Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 457 (1899) vide Kraenzlinella Kuntze in T.E.von Post, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 310 (1903) (Orchidaceae)
  • Lamechites Markgr., Nova Guinea 14: 290 (1925)
  • Vallariopsis Woodson in Philipp. J. Sci. 60: 228 (1936)

References

• Miquel, F.A.W. 1856. Flora van Nederlandsch Indië 2: 457.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Micrechites in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Micrechites. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 10 2022.
• Livshultz, T., Middleton, D.J., van der Ham, R.W. & Khew, G. 2018. Generic delimitation in Apocyneae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 67(2): 341–358. DOI: 10.12705/672.5 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Middleton, D.J. 2006. Nomenclatural notes on Asian Apocynaceae, subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae. Taxon 55: 502. Full text from ResearchGate Reference page.