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Papuechites
Sign in to savePapuechites 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- RSA, GH, MO
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
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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. formerly included Papuechites novoguineensis (K.Schum.) Markgr. = Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum. Papuechites warianus (Schltr.) Markgr. = Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Papuechites” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.