''Sarcotoechia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of tropical 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 ...
.
Ten to eleven species are known to science , found growing naturally in eastern Queensland, 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 ...
.
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Molecular phylogenetic studies challenge the limits of the genus.][Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callmander, P. P. Lowry, D. S. Devey, and J. Munzinger. (2012) Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions. Taxon 61 (1): 109–19.]
Species
This listing was sourced from the ''Australian Plant Name Index
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current names, synonyms or invalid names. It includes bibliographic and typification details, informati ...
'', the ''Australian Plant Census
The Australian Plant Census (APC) provides an online interface to currently accepted, published, scientific names of the vascular flora of Australia, as one of the output interfaces of the national government Integrated Biodiversity Information Sys ...
'', the ''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants'' (2010) information system, original taxonomic research publications, ''Flora Malesiana
''Flora Malesiana'' is a multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of Malesia (the biogeographical region consisting of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea), published by the National Herbarium of t ...
'' and the ''Flora of Australia
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, ...
''.
* '' Sarcotoechia angulata'' – New Guinea[
* '' Sarcotoechia apetala'' – New Guinea][
* '' Sarcotoechia bilocularis'' – New Guinea][
* '' Sarcotoechia cuneata'' – NE. Qld endemic][
* '']Sarcotoechia heterophylla
''Sarcotoechia'' is a genus of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.
Ten to eleven species are known to science , found growing naturally in eastern Queensland, Australia, and in New Guinea.
Molecular phy ...
'' – Eungella range region, mid NE. Qld endemic[
* '' Sarcotoechia lanceolata'' – NE. Qld endemic][
: – synonym: base name: ''Toechima lanceolatum'' ][
* '' Sarcotoechia planitiei'' – New Guinea][
* '' Sarcotoechia protracta'' – NE. Qld endemic][
* '' Sarcotoechia serrata'' – NE. Qld endemic][
* '' Sarcotoechia villosa'' – NE. Qld endemic][
;Accepted by the authoritative ''Flora Malesiana'' while awaiting formal description and publication, as a provisionally published name and description:
* ''Sarcotoechia'' sp. – New Guinea][ ][
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Sapindaceae genera
Sapindaceae