# Richetia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Shorea maxima - branche basse.JPG
|image_caption = ''[Richetia maxima](/source/Richetia_maxima)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Richetia
|authority = [F.Heim](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Louis_Heim)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 33; see text
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Richetia'' F.Heim |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14398-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=18 September 2024 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Richetia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Dipterocarpaceae](/source/Dipterocarpaceae). It includes 33 species of trees native to [Peninsular Thailand](/source/Peninsular_Thailand), [Peninsular Malaysia](/source/Peninsular_Malaysia), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), [Borneo](/source/Borneo), and the Philippines.<ref name = powo/>

The genus corresponds to the 'yellow meranti' group in the [Dipterocarp timber classification](/source/Dipterocarp_timber_classification) system.<ref name = Ashton>Ashton, P.S., Heckenhauer, J. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected. ''Kew Bulletin'' 77, 885–903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10057-w</ref>

==Species==
33 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
*''[Richetia acuminatissima](/source/Richetia_acuminatissima)'' {{small|(Symington) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia alutacea](/source/Richetia_alutacea)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia angustifolia](/source/Richetia_angustifolia)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia bakoensis](/source/Richetia_bakoensis)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia balanocarpoides](/source/Richetia_balanocarpoides)'' {{small|(Symington) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia blumutensis](/source/Richetia_blumutensis)'' {{small|(Foxw.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia chaiana](/source/Richetia_chaiana)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia collaris](/source/Richetia_collaris)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia conica](/source/Richetia_conica)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia coriacea](/source/Richetia_coriacea)'' {{small|F.Heim}}
*''[Richetia cuspidata](/source/Richetia_cuspidata)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia faguetiana](/source/Richetia_faguetiana)'' {{small|(F.Heim) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia faguetioides](/source/Richetia_faguetioides)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia gibbosa](/source/Richetia_gibbosa)'' {{small|(Brandis) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia hopeifolia](/source/Richetia_hopeifolia)'' {{small|(F.Heim) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia iliasii](/source/Richetia_iliasii)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia induplicata](/source/Richetia_induplicata)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia kuantanensis](/source/Richetia_kuantanensis)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia kudatensis](/source/Richetia_kudatensis)'' {{small|(G.H.S.Wood ex Meijer) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia laxa](/source/Richetia_laxa)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia longiflora](/source/Richetia_longiflora)'' {{small|(Brandis) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia longisperma](/source/Richetia_longisperma)'' {{small|(Roxb.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia macrobalanos](/source/Richetia_macrobalanos)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia maxima](/source/Richetia_maxima)'' {{small|(King) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia mujongensis](/source/Richetia_mujongensis)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia multiflora](/source/Richetia_multiflora)'' {{small|(Burck) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia obovoidea](/source/Richetia_obovoidea)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia patoiensis](/source/Richetia_patoiensis)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia peltata](/source/Richetia_peltata)'' {{small|(Symington) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia polyandra](/source/Richetia_polyandra)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia subcylindrica](/source/Richetia_subcylindrica)'' {{small|(Slooten) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia tenuiramulosa](/source/Richetia_tenuiramulosa)'' {{small|(P.S.Ashton) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}
*''[Richetia xanthophylla](/source/Richetia_xanthophylla)'' {{small|(Symington) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.}}

==References==
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Category:Richetia
Category:Dipterocarpaceae genera
Category:Flora of Malesia
Category:Plants described in 1892

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