''Richetia'' 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

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India ...

. It includes 33 species of trees native to Peninsular Thailand,

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, and the

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. The genus corresponds to the 'yellow meranti' group in the Dipterocarp timber classification system.Ashton, P.S., Heckenhauer, J. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected. ''Kew Bulletin'' 77, 885–903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10057-w

Species

33 species are accepted. *'' Richetia acuminatissima'' *'' Richetia alutacea'' *'' Richetia angustifolia'' *'' Richetia bakoensis'' *'' Richetia balanocarpoides'' *'' Richetia blumutensis'' *'' Richetia chaiana'' *'' Richetia collaris'' *'' Richetia conica'' *'' Richetia coriacea'' *'' Richetia cuspidata'' *'' Richetia faguetiana'' *'' Richetia faguetioides'' *'' Richetia gibbosa'' *'' Richetia hopeifolia'' *'' Richetia iliasii'' *'' Richetia induplicata'' *'' Richetia kuantanensis'' *'' Richetia kudatensis'' *'' Richetia laxa'' *'' Richetia longiflora'' *'' Richetia longisperma'' *'' Richetia macrobalanos'' *'' Richetia maxima'' *'' Richetia mujongensis'' *'' Richetia multiflora'' *'' Richetia obovoidea'' *'' Richetia patoiensis'' *'' Richetia peltata'' *'' Richetia polyandra'' *'' Richetia subcylindrica'' *'' Richetia tenuiramulosa'' *'' Richetia xanthophylla''

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q130320769 Dipterocarpaceae genera Flora of Malesia Taxa described in 1892