Toechima

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.

Toechima
Toechima tenax
Scientific classification
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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Seven species (including one undescribed) are recognised by the Australian Plant Census:[1]

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

The taxa recognised by the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea are:[2]

  • Toechima erythrocarpum subsp. papuanum P.W.Leenhouts
  • Toechima livescens Radlk

References

  1. "Toechima". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. Conn, B.J. (2008). "Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea". Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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