Micrechites

Micrechites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1857. It is native to China, the eastern Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland.

==Species== 13 species arer currently accepted. Synonyms in parentheses are the names used in Flora of China. Micrechites andamanicus M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands Micrechites archboldianus Merr. & L.M.Perry – western New Guinea Micrechites glaber D.J.Middleton – Sabah Micrechites grandiflorus (D.J.Middleton) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea Micrechites jacquetii (syn. Ichnocarpus jacquetii (Pierre) D. J. Middleton) – Guangdong, Guangxi, Laos, and Vietnam Micrechites lancifolius – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra Micrechites malipoensis Tsiang & P.T.Li (syn. Ichnocarpus malipoensis (Tsiang & P. T. Li) D. J. Middleton) – Yunnan Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum. – Papua New Guinea Micrechites parkinsonii M.Gangop. & Chakrab. – Andaman Islands Micrechites polyanthus (syn. Ichnocarpus polyanthus (Blume) P. I. Forster) – China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Yunnan), Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra Micrechites rhombifolius Markgr. – Maluku, Sulawesi, Papuasia, and Queensland Micrechites serpyllifolius (Blume) Kosterm. – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Philippines Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea Formerly included Micrechites borneensis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton Micrechites formicinus Tsiang & P.T.Li = Anodendron nervosum Kerr. Micrechites gracilis (King & Gamble) P.T.Li = Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton Micrechites minutiflorus (Pierre) P.T.Li = Urceola minutiflora (Pierre) D.J.Middleton Micrechites napeensis Quint = Urceola napeensis (Quint.) D.J.Middleton Micrechites ovalifolius Ridl. = Parameria polyneura Hook.f. Micrechites sinensis Markgr. = Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton Micrechites tubulosus Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend. = Anodendron tubulosum (Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend.) D.J.Middleton