Rhysotoechia
Genus of trees
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Rhysotoechia is a genus of plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae which is native to parts of Malesia and Australia.
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| Rhysotoechia bifoliolata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Tribe: | Cupanieae |
| Genus: | Rhysotoechia Radlk.[1][2] |
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Taxonomy
The genus was created in 1879 by the Bavarian-born botanist Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.[3] The type species is Rhysotoechia mortoniana, based on Cupania mortoniana F.Muell..[4]
Distribution and habitat
Species in this genus inhabit rainforest or rainforest margins, from Borneo east to New Guinea, and from the Philippines south to eastern Australia.[4][5][6]
Species
The following list includes all 19 species of Rhysotoechia that are accepted by both Plants of the World Online and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[5][7]
- Rhysotoechia applanata Etman - Papua New Guinea[6]: 706
- Rhysotoechia bifoliolata Radlk. - Queensland, New South Wales[8]
- R. b. subsp. nitida S.T.Reynolds - Queensland[9]
- Rhysotoechia bilocularis Etman - Western New Guinea[6]: 706
- Rhysotoechia congesta Etman - Papua New Guinea[6]: 706
- Rhysotoechia elongata Radlk. - Papua New Guinea[6]: 708
- Rhysotoechia etmanii W.N.Takeuchi - Papua New Guinea[10]
- Rhysotoechia flavescens Radlk. - Queensland[11]
- Rhysotoechia florulenta S.T.Reynolds - Queensland[12]
- Rhysotoechia gracilipes Radlk. - Papua New Guinea[6]: 708
- Rhysotoechia grandifolia Radlk. - Borneo, Maluku Islands[6]: 712
- Rhysotoechia koordersii Radlk. - Borneo, Sulawesi[6]: 708
- Rhysotoechia longipaniculata Kaneh. & Hatus. - Western New Guinea[6]: 712
- Rhysotoechia momiensis Kaneh. & Hatus. - Western New Guinea[6]: 712
- Rhysotoechia mortoniana (F.Muell.) Radlk. - Queensland[13]
- Rhysotoechia multiscapa Etman - Papua New Guinea[6]: 709
- Rhysotoechia obtusa Etman - Papua New Guinea[6]: 709
- Rhysotoechia ramiflora Radlk. - Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi[6]: 710
- Rhysotoechia robertsonii Radlk. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland[6]: 711
- Rhysotoechia welzeniana W.N.Takeuchi - Papua New Guinea[14]