Epicharis (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
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Epicharis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and Fiji.[2]
| Epicharis | |
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| E. densiflora (type species) on an Indonesian stamp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Epicharis Blume (1825) |
| Type species | |
| Epicharis densiflora | |
| Species[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Piptosaccos Turcz. (1858) | |
The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.[3] Most of the species currently accepted were, until recently, included in genus Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Epicharis was revived and re-circumscribed.[1]
The genus is named for Epicharis (d. 65 CE), a Roman woman who was a leader in the Pisonian conspiracy, and who was tortured and committed suicide rather than betray her co-conspirators.[1]
Species
Plants of the World Online includes the following accepted species:[2]
- Epicharis alata (Harms) Harms – New Guinea
- Epicharis brevipanicula (C.DC.) Hauenschild & Mabb. – east-central New Guinea
- Epicharis cumingiana (C.DC.) Harms – Taiwan, Philippines, Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and Lesser Sunda Islands
- Epicharis cuneata (Hiern) Harms – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines
- Epicharis densiflora Blume – type species - southern Yunnan (south-Central China), Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Epicharis gillespieana (A.C.Sm.) Holzmeyer & Hauenschild – Fiji
- Epicharis parasitica (Osbeck) Mabb. – Taiwan (Lan Yü), Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland
