Berchemia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Rhamnaceae
Subfamlia: Rhamnoideae
Tribus: Rhamneae
Genus: Berchemia
Species: B. annamensis – B. arisanensis – B. barbigera – B. brachycarpa – B. burmanniana – B. compressicarpa – B. discolor – B. edgeworthii – B. elmeri – B. fenchifuensis – B. flavescens – B. floribunda – B. formosana – B. fournieri – B. hirtella – B. hispida – B. huana – B. jainiana – B. kulingensis – B. lineata – B. longipedicellata – B. longipes – B. longiracemosa – B. loureiroana – B. medogensis – B. omeiensis – B. pakistanica – B. pauciflora – B. philippinensis – B. poilanei – B. polyphylla – B. pubiflora – B. scandens – B. sinica – B. yunnanensis – B. zeyheri
Name

Berchemia Neck. ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 22. (1825)

Type species: Berchemia scandens Trel., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5: 364. (1889)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Araliorhamnus H.Perrier
Oenoplea R.Hedw.
Phyllogeiton (Weberb.) Herzog

References

Necker, N.M.J. de 1825. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 2: 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Berchemia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Berchemia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Berchemia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 24 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Berchemia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 24.

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 in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Selected species

Berchemia affinis
Berchemia alnifolia
Berchemia annamensis
Berchemia berchemiaefolia (Makino) Nakai
Berchemia cinerascens
Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl. – bird plum
Berchemia edgeworthii Lawson
Berchemia elmeri C.K.Schneid.
Berchemia flavescens (Wall. ex Roxb.) Brongn.
Berchemia floribunda
Berchemia formosana
Berchemia giraldiana
Berchemia hirtella H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng
Berchemia hypochrysa
Berchemia kulingensis

Berchemia lineata (L.) DC.
Berchemia longeracemosa Okuyama
Berchemia microphylla
Berchemia nana W.W.Smith
Berchemia pakistanica
Berchemia pauciflora
Berchemia philippinensis
Berchemia polyphylla
Berchemia pubiflora
Berehemia pyenantha
Berchemia racemosa
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch – Alabama supplejack, rattan vine
Berchemia sessiliflora
Berchemia sinica
Berchemia volubilis A.DC.
Berchemia yunnanensis
Berchemia zeyheri – pink ivory