Papuechites

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| genus = Papuechites

| parent_authority = Markgr.

| species = aambe

| authority = (Warb.) Markgr.

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• Anodendron aambe Warb.
• Strophanthus aambe Warb.
• Ichnocarpus bertieroides Wernham ex S.Moore

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Papuechites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1925. It contains only one known species, Papuechites aambe, native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=147365 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

;formerly included

• Papuechites novoguineensis (K.Schum.) Markgr. = Micrechites novoguineensis K.Schum.
• Papuechites warianus (Schltr.) Markgr. = Micrechites warianus (Schltr.) D.J.Middleton