Osbeckia is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. It was named by Carl Linnaeus for the Swedish explorer and naturalist Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805).
Lijndenia is a genus of plant in family Melastomataceae. The genus includes 13 species.
Memecylon is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. Memecylon is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. Memecylon taxa have more than 600 published basionyms. Diversity of this group is concentrated in tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν, meaning "to split," and ἄχυρ
Dilophotriche is a genus of West African plants in the grass family.
Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present below the Sahara, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents. The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.
Mesanthemum is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
- Mesanthemum africanumMoldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Mesanthemum albidumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Mesanthemum angustitepalumKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum auratumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
- Mesanthemum bennaeJacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Mesanthemum cupricolaKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum glabrumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Mesanthemum jaegeriJacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Mesanthemum pilosumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
- Mesanthemum prescottianum(Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
- Mesanthemum pubescens(Lam.) Körn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum radicans(Benth.) Körn. - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
- Mesanthemum reductumH.E.Hess - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
- Mesanthemum rutenbergianumKörn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum variabileKimp - Zaïre, Zambia
Antherotoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Argyrella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Calvoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Cincinnobotrys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Gravesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Decorsella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Violaceae.
Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
Gambeya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
Dichaetanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Melastomastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Dissotidendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Dupineta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
