Pyrenaria

Pyrenaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. It includes 27 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from the eastern Indian subcontinent to Indochina, western Malesia, southern China, and Taiwan.^[1]

Pyrenaria
Pyrenaria microcarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Theaceae
Genus:	Pyrenaria Blume (1827)
Type species
Pyrenaria serrata
Synonyms[1]
Dubardella H.J.Lam (1925) Eusynaxis Griff. (1854) Glyptocarpa Hu (1965) Parapyrenaria Hung T.Chang (1963) Sinopyrenaria Hu (1956) Tutcheria Dunn (1908)

Species

As of March 2025^[update], the following species are accepted:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Pyrenaria acuminata Planch. ex Choisy 1855	Malaya to Sumatera
	Pyrenaria attenuata (Blume) Seem. 1859	Bangladesh, Myanmar
	Pyrenaria barringtoniifolia (Griff.) Seem. 1859	India (Assam), Bangladesh
	Pyrenaria cherrapunjeana Mir 2017	India (Assam)
	Pyrenaria diospyricarpa Kurz 1873	India (Assam), Bangladesh, China (Yunnan), Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
	Pyrenaria hirta (Hand.-Mazz.) H.Keng 1972	China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan), Vietnam
	Pyrenaria johorensis H.Keng 1980	Peninsula Malaysia
	Pyrenaria jonquieriana Laness. 1889	Laos, Vietnam, China (Hainan, Yunnan)
	Pyrenaria khasiana R.N.Paul 1979	China (Xizang), India (Assam)
	Pyrenaria kinibaluensis (H.J.Lam) H.Keng 1976	Borneo
	Pyrenaria kwangsiensis Hung T.Chang 1983	China (Guangxi)
	Pyrenaria laotica Gagnep. 1942	Laos
	Pyrenaria maculatoclada (Y.K.Li) S.X.Yang 2005	China (Guizhou, Guangxi)
	Pyrenaria menglaensis G.D.Tao 1983	China (Yunnan)
	Pyrenaria microcarpa (Dunn) H.Keng	China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang), Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Vietnam
	Pyrenaria microphylla Pit. 1910	Laos
	Pyrenaria mindanaensis Merr. 1922	Philippines (Mindano)
	Pyrenaria oblongicarpa Hung T.Chang 1983	China (Yunnan)
	Pyrenaria pahangensis H.Keng 1972	Peninsula Malaysia
	Pyrenaria pingpienensis (Hung T.Chang) S.X.Yang & T.L.Ming 1997	China (Yunnan, Guizhou)
	Pyrenaria serrata Blume 1827	Bangladesh, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vietnam
	Pyrenaria sophiae (Hu) S.X.Yang & T.L.Ming 1997	China (Yunnan)
	Pyrenaria spectabilis (Champ.) C.Y.Wu & S.X.Yang 2005	China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian), Vietnam
	Pyrenaria tawauensis H.Keng 1972	Borneo (Sabah)
	Pyrenaria villosula Miq. 1861	Sumatera
	Pyrenaria viridifolia Symington ex H.Keng 1980	Peninsula Malaysia
	Pyrenaria wuana (Hung T.Chang) S.X.Yang 2005	China (Guangxi, Guangdong)