''Sarcotoechia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.
The Sapindaceae occur in temp ...
.
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''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
.
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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 Syst ...
'', 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 30,000 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 Gondwa ...
''.
* '' Sarcotoechia angulata'' – New Guinea[
* '']Sarcotoechia apetala
''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 p ...
'' – New Guinea[
* '']Sarcotoechia bilocularis
''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 p ...
'' – New Guinea[
* '']Sarcotoechia cuneata
''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 ...
'' – NE. Qld endemic[
* '']Sarcotoechia heterophylla
''Sarcotoechia'' is a genus of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 185 ...
'' – Eungella range region, mid NE. Qld endemic[
* '' Sarcotoechia lanceolata'' – NE. Qld endemic][
: – synonym: base name: ''Toechima lanceolatum'' ][
* '']Sarcotoechia planitiei
''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 p ...
'' – New Guinea[
* '']Sarcotoechia protracta
''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 p ...
'' – NE. Qld endemic[
* '']Sarcotoechia serrata
''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 p ...
'' – NE. Qld endemic[
* '']Sarcotoechia villosa
''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 p ...
'' – 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