Oreocharis Bentham (1876: 995, 1021).

Lectotype: O. benthamii C.B.Clarke (selected by Burtt 1954b).

Heterotypic synonyms:

Bournea Oliver in Hooker (1893: tab. 2254). Type: B. sinensis Oliv.

Perantha Craib (1918: 212) . Lectotype: P. forrestii Craib (selected by Burtt 1954b).

Tremacron Craib (1918: 217) . Type: T. forrestii Craib

Ancylostemon Craib (1920a: 233) . Lectotype: A. concavus Craib [= A. aureus (Franch.) B.L.Burtt] (selected by Burtt 1954b).

Briggsia Craib (1920a: 236), pro parte incl. type. Lectotype: B. longifolia Craib (selected by Burtt 1954b).

Isometrum Craib (1920a: 250) . Lectotype: I. farreri Craib (selected by Burtt 1954b).

Dasydesmus Craib (1920a: 253) . Type: D. bodinieri Craib

Opithandra Burtt (1956: 162) . Type: O. primuloides (Miq.) B.L.Burtt

Thamnocharis Wang (1981: 485) . Type: T. esquirolii (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang

Dayaoshania Wang (1983a: 319) . Type: D. cotinifolia W.T.Wang

Schistolobos Wang (1983b: 16) . Type: S. pumilus W.T.Wang

Deinocheilos Wang (1986: 1) . Type: D. sichuanense W.T.Wang

Paraisometrum W.T.Wang in Weitzman et al. (1998: 431). Type: P. mileense W.T.Wang

The following list includes all species and infraspecific taxa hitherto described in Oreocharis and those transferred to that genus on the basis of the present analysis. Arrangement is in alphabetical order. Notes are given where appropriate.