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Microdesmis

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

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Microdesmis
Microdesmis keayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Pandaceae
Genus: Microdesmis
Hook.f. ex Hook.1
Synonyms1
  • Tetragyne Miq.
  • Worcesterianthus Merr.

Microdesmis is a genus of plants of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia.12

  • 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

References

  1. "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.