# Berchemia

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***Berchemia*** is a genus of plants in the family [Rhamnaceae](/source/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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts the following 36 species:[1]

- *[Berchemia annamensis](/source/Berchemia_annamensis)* Pit.
- *[Berchemia arisanensis](/source/Berchemia_arisanensis)* Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
- *[Berchemia barbigera](/source/Berchemia_barbigera)* C.Y.Wu
- *[Berchemia brachycarpa](/source/Berchemia_brachycarpa)* C.Y.Wu
- *[Berchemia burmanniana](/source/Berchemia_burmanniana)* DC.
- *[Berchemia cinerascens](/source/Berchemia_cinerascens)* (Blume) Miq.
- *[Berchemia compressicarpa](/source/Berchemia_compressicarpa)* D.Fang & C.Z.Gao
- *[Berchemia edgeworthii](/source/Berchemia_edgeworthii)* M.A.Lawson
- *[Berchemia elmeri](/source/Berchemia_elmeri)* C.K.Schneid.
- *[Berchemia fenchifuensis](/source/Berchemia_fenchifuensis)* C.M.Wang & S.Y.Lu
- *[Berchemia flavescens](/source/Berchemia_flavescens)* (Wall.) Wall. ex Brongn.
- *[Berchemia floribunda](/source/Berchemia_floribunda)* (Wall.) Brongn.
- *[Berchemia formosana](/source/Berchemia_formosana)* C.K.Schneid.
- *[Berchemia hirtella](/source/Berchemia_hirtella)* H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng
- *[Berchemia hispida](/source/Berchemia_hispida)* (H.T.Tsai & K.M.Feng) Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- *[Berchemia huana](/source/Berchemia_huana)* Rehder
- *[Berchemia jainiana](/source/Berchemia_jainiana)* Pusalkar & D.K.Singh
- *[Berchemia kulingensis](/source/Berchemia_kulingensis)* C.K.Schneid.
- *[Berchemia lineata](/source/Berchemia_lineata)* (L.) DC.
- *[Berchemia longipedicellata](/source/Berchemia_longipedicellata)* Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- *[Berchemia longipes](/source/Berchemia_longipes)* Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- *[Berchemia longiracemosa](/source/Berchemia_longiracemosa)* Okuyama
- *[Berchemia loureiroana](/source/Berchemia_loureiroana)* DC.
- *[Berchemia medogensis](/source/Berchemia_medogensis)* Y.L.Chen & Y.F.Du
- *[Berchemia omeiensis](/source/Berchemia_omeiensis)* D.Fang
- *[Berchemia pakistanica](/source/Berchemia_pakistanica)* Browicz
- *[Berchemia paniculata](/source/Berchemia_paniculata)* S.S.Ying
- *[Berchemia pauciflora](/source/Berchemia_pauciflora)* Maxim.
- *[Berchemia philippinensis](/source/Berchemia_philippinensis)* S.Vidal
- *[Berchemia poilanei](/source/Berchemia_poilanei)* Tardieu
- *[Berchemia polyphylla](/source/Berchemia_polyphylla)* Wall. ex M.A.Lawson
- *[Berchemia pubiflora](/source/Berchemia_pubiflora)* (DC.) Miq.
- *[Berchemia scandens](/source/Berchemia_scandens)* (Hill) K.Koch
- *[Berchemia sinica](/source/Berchemia_sinica)* C.K.Schneid.
- *[Berchemia yunnanensis](/source/Berchemia_yunnanensis)* Franch.
- *[Berchemia zhejiangensis](/source/Berchemia_zhejiangensis)* Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin

## References

1. ["*Berchemia* Neck. ex DC."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331393-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.

1. 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.

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