''Mischarytera'' is a

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of rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include Aesculus, horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The ...

. Four species are known to science , found growing naturally in eastern

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, Australia, and in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

. Formerly until 1995, they had names within the genus ''

Arytera ''Arytera'' is a genus of about twenty–eight species known to science, of trees and shrubs and constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally in New Guinea, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Van ...

'', subgenus ''Mischarytera''. In 2006 botanist Paul I. Forster formally scientifically described '' Mischarytera megaphylla'' based on specimens collected from trees of a restricted area (endemic) of the lowland

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region, part of the larger Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Before the formal description these trees were known and informally described as ''Mischarytera'' sp. Oliver Creek ( L.J.Webb+ 10903) Qld Herbarium and Sapindaceae sp. (Noah Creek BG 6026).

Species

* '' Mischarytera bullata'' – New Guinea endemic : – synonym: base name: ''Arytera bullata'' * '' Mischarytera lautereriana'' ; Corduroy Tamarind – NE. to SE. Qld endemic : – synonyms: base name: ''Nephelium lautererianum'' ; nomenclatural: ''Arytera lautereriana'' * '' Mischarytera macrobotrys'' –

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, Qld and New Guinea : – synonyms: base name: ''Mischocarpus macrobotrys'' ; nomenclatural: ''Arytera macrobotrys'' * '' Mischarytera megaphylla'' – NE. Qld endemic : – synonyms: ''Mischarytera'' sp. Oliver Creek ( L.J.Webb + 10903) Qld Herbarium; Sapindaceae sp. (Noah Creek BG 6026)

References

Cited works

* * {{Authority control Sapindaceae Sapindaceae genera Sapindales of Australia