Erythrochiton

For the genus of beetles, see Erythrochiton (beetle).

Erythrochiton
Erythrochiton brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Erythrochiton
Nees & Mart.

Erythrochiton is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

  • Erythrochiton brasiliensis Nees & Mart.
  • Erythrochiton delitescens Morton
  • Erythrochiton fallax Kallunki
  • Erythrochiton giganteus Kaastra & A.H.Gentry
  • Erythrochiton gymnanthus Kallunki
  • Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus Planch. & Linden
  • Erythrochiton lindenii Planch. & Linden
  • Erythrochiton macrophyllum Makoy ex Hook.
  • Erythrochiton macropodum K.Krause
  • Erythrochiton odontoglossus Kallunki
  • Erythrochiton trichanthus Kallunki
  • Erythrochiton trifoliatum Pilg.

Many species of this genus are characterised by having epiphyllous flowers, which emerge from the leaf itself, rather than the more usual site of a leaf axil, a plant axis, or its inflorescence.

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