Berchemia

Berchemia is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae, named after Dutch botanist Berthout van Berchem.^{[citation needed]} 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

1. ^ "Berchemia Neck. ex DC.". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
2. ^ Medan, D. & Schirarend, C. (2004). "Rhamnaceae". The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants: Volume VI. Berlin: Springer. p. 333. ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4.