Microdesmis

Microdesmis
Microdesmis keayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Pandaceae
Genus: Microdesmis
Hook.f. ex Hook.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Tetragyne Miq.
  • Worcesterianthus Merr.

Microdesmis is a genus of plants of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia.[1][2]

  • Microdesmis afrodecandra Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon
  • Microdesmis camerunensis J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
  • Microdesmis caseariifolia Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Microdesmis haumaniana J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola
  • Microdesmis kasaiensis J.Léonard - Zaïre
  • Microdesmis keayana J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria
  • Microdesmis klainei J.Léonard - Gabon
  • Microdesmis magallanensis (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan
  • Microdesmis pierlotiana J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
  • Microdesmis puberula Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across central Africa from Nigeria east to Uganda, south to Angola
  • Microdesmis yafungana J.Léonard - Zaïre

References

  1. ^ a b c "Microdesmis Planch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Microdesmis J. D. Hooker, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 758. 1848". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 22 December 2025.