Pseudocarapa

Pseudocarapa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes five species which range from Sri Lanka to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and New Guinea.^[2]

Pseudocarapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Subfamily:	Melioideae
Genus:	Pseudocarapa Hemsl. (1884)
Type species
Pseudocarapa championii (Thwaites) Hemsl.[1]
Species[2]
5; see text

The genus is distinguished by its paripinnate leaves, cylindrical staminal tube with appendages, annular or patelliform disk, and pollen shed in tetrads.^[1]

The genus was first named by William Hemsley in 1884.^[2] Most of the species currently accepted were until recently included in genus Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Pseudocarapa was revived and re-circumscribed.^[1]

Species

Five species are accepted.^[2]

• Pseudocarapa championii (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Thwaites) Hemsl. – Sri Lanka
• Pseudocarapa crassa (Mabb.) Mabb. – Borneo (northern and central Sarawak)
• Pseudocarapa dumosa (King) Holzmeyer & Mabb. – Peninsular Malaysia and Riau Archipelago
• Pseudocarapa inopinata Harms – northern and central New Guinea
• Pseudocarapa yunzaingensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Mabb. – eastern New Guinea