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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesMiddleton, 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
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