Biology:Toechima

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Short description: Genus of trees

Toechima
Toechima tenax Coffs.jpg
Toechima tenax
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Genus: Toechima
Radlk.[1]
Species

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Toechima is a genus of small to medium-sized trees in the plant family Sapindaceae. The species are native to New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia as well as New Guinea.

Species

Eight species (including one undescribed) recognised by the Australian Plant Census[1] and by the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea[2] are:

  • Toechima daemelianum (F.Muell.) Radlk.
  • Toechima dasyrrhache Radlk. - blunt-leaved steelwood
  • Toechima erythrocarpum (F.Muell.) Radlk. - pink tamarind, foambark
    • Toechima erythrocarpum subsp. papuanum P.W.Leenhouts
  • Toechima livescens Radlk
  • Toechima monticola S.T.Reynolds
  • Toechima pterocarpum S.T.Reynolds
  • Toechima sp. East Alligator (J.Russell-Smith 8418) NT Herbarium
  • Toechima tenax (Benth.) Radlk.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Toechima". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Toechima. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 
  2. Conn, B.J. (2008). "Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea". http://www.pngplants.org/PNGCensus/index_copy.html. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3368073 entry