Berchemia
| Berchemia | |
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| Berchemia racemosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Tribe: | Rhamneae |
| Genus: | Berchemia Neck. ex DC.[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Berchemia is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae, named after Dutch botanist Berthout van Berchem. They are climbing plants or small to medium-sized trees that occur mostly in Southeast Asia, with one species in North America.[2]
Species
As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 36 species:[1]
- Berchemia annamensis Pit.
- Berchemia arisanensis Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
- Berchemia barbigera C.Y.Wu
- Berchemia brachycarpa C.Y.Wu
- Berchemia burmanniana DC.
- Berchemia cinerascens (Blume) Miq.
- Berchemia compressicarpa D.Fang & C.Z.Gao
- Berchemia edgeworthii M.A.Lawson
- Berchemia elmeri C.K.Schneid.
- Berchemia fenchifuensis C.M.Wang & S.Y.Lu
- Berchemia flavescens (Wall.) Wall. ex Brongn.
- Berchemia floribunda (Wall.) Brongn.
- Berchemia formosana C.K.Schneid.
- Berchemia hirtella H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng
- Berchemia hispida (H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng) Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- Berchemia huana Rehder
- Berchemia jainiana Pusalkar & D.K.Singh
- Berchemia kulingensis C.K.Schneid.
- Berchemia lineata (L.) DC.
- Berchemia longipedicellata Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- Berchemia longipes Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- Berchemia longiracemosa Okuyama
- Berchemia loureiroana DC.
- Berchemia medogensis Y.L.Chen & Y.F.Du
- Berchemia omeiensis D.Fang
- Berchemia pakistanica Browicz
- Berchemia paniculata S.S.Ying
- Berchemia pauciflora Maxim.
- Berchemia philippinensis S.Vidal
- Berchemia poilanei Tardieu
- Berchemia polyphylla Wall. ex M.A.Lawson
- Berchemia pubiflora (DC.) Miq.
- Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch
- Berchemia sinica C.K.Schneid.
- Berchemia yunnanensis Franch.
- Berchemia zhejiangensis Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
References
- ^ a b c "Berchemia Neck. ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ Medan, D.; Schirarend, C. (2004). "Rhamnaceae". In Kubitzki, K. (ed.). The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants: Volume VI. Berlin: Springer. p. 333. ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4.