''Pseudocarapa'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Meliaceae Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarp ...

. It includes five species which range from

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, and

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. The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindrical staminal tube with appendages, annular or patelliform disk, and pollen shed in tetrads. The genus was first named by William Hemsley in 1884. Most of the species currently accepted were until recently included in genus ''

Dysoxylum ''Dysoxylum'' is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and A ...

''. A genetic study published in 2021 found that ''Dysoxylum'' is

polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...

, and ''Pseudocarapa'' was revived and re-circumscribed.

Species

Five species are accepted. *''

Pseudocarapa championii ''Pseudocarapa championii'' is a species of tree in the Meliaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South As ...

'' – Sri Lanka *''

Pseudocarapa crassa ''Pseudocarapa crassa'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'thick', referring to the parts of the flowers. Description The tree grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is fawn- ...

'' – Borneo (northern and central Sarawak) *'' Pseudocarapa dumosa'' – Peninsular Malaysia and

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*'' Pseudocarapa inopinata'' – northern and central New Guinea *'' Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis'' – eastern New Guinea

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3368475 Meliaceae genera Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist) Meliaceae