Sarcotoechia Explained

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 phylogenetic studies challenge the limits of the genus.^[1]

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index, the Australian Plant Census, the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (2010) information system, original taxonomic research publications, Flora Malesiana and the Flora of Australia.

• Sarcotoechia angulata – New Guinea
• Sarcotoechia apetala – New Guinea
• Sarcotoechia bilocularis – New Guinea
• Sarcotoechia cuneata – NE. Qld endemic
• Sarcotoechia heterophylla – 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

References

Cited works

• Web site: F.A.Zich . B.P.M.Hyland . T.Whiffen . R.A.Kerrigan . Bernard Hyland . 2020 . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Home . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) . . 21 June 2021.
• Book: Leenhouts . P. W. . 1994 . Sarcotoechia . https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496842 . . Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants . Adema . F. . Leenhouts . P. W. . van Welzen . P. C. . 11 pt. 3: Sapindaceae . 723–727 . Leiden, The Netherlands . Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University . 90-71236-21-8 . general editor: Steenis, Cornelis G. G. J. van . 1–407 . Steenis . Cornelius G. G. J. van . Rijksherbarium (Netherlands), Lembaga Biologi Nasional (Indonesia), Keban Raya Indonesia, Lembaga Pusat Penjelidikan Alam (Indonesia) . 1948 . Noordhoff-Kolff N.V -->.
• Book: Reynolds . S. T. . 1985 . Sarcotoechia . online version . http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48728 . [<!-- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/flora-of-australia/vol25.html --> Flora of Australia: Volume 25—Melianthaceae to Simaroubaceae ]. Flora of Australia series . 82–86 . CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study . 978-0-644-03724-2 .

Notes and References

1. 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.